U.S. Mint Officer Charged with Double-Dipping

A police officer employed by the Treasury Department at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia was arrested last Thursday on charges that he fraudulently collected $173,000 in disability benefits, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.Richard Rufo, 49, of Mt. Laurel, N.J., was arrested by special agents of the U.S. Treasury Department and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General.Rufo is charged with one count of fraud in connection with the payment of federal workers' compensation benefits he collected while operating a memorabilia business, Fishman said in a pres...