Postal Worker Sentenced to Prison for Comp Fraud

A former postal worker was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for workers' compensation and disability benefits fraud and ordered to pay $138,997 in restitution, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California announced.Robert Daniel Castillo, 50, claimed that he injured his lower back in October 1998 while working for the U.S. Postal Service. He collected workers' compensation benefits for 10 years on the claim, according to federal prosecutors.Castillo, who lives in Vacaville, also received Social Security disability and veterans benefits based on claims of 100% dis...