Man Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Collecting $1.2M in Federal Benefits

A Western New York man has pleaded guilty to fraudulently collecting some $1.2 million in benefits from the federal government, the Associated Press reported. Prosecutors said that Richard Klaffka, 59, falsely claimed that his mobility was limited due to a 1978 military injury. His wife, Cathleen, 62, would push him in a wheelchair at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Buffalo to support the fraud, prosecutors said. Similarly, in order to get workers' compensation benefits from working at the U.S. Postal Service, Klaffka claimed a work injury limited his mobility, forcing him to...