Investigative Case Highlights

When you’re hurt on the job, you trust that your doctor has your best interest at heart. You trust the medication they prescribe for you is what you need to feel better. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Sometimes medical professionals allow their integrity to be compromised for financial gain at the risk of what’s best for their patients. More than 420 injured postal employees were...

A recently closed provider fraud case was so extensive that it nearly stretches the imagination — not just in terms of scope but also in complexity. This case dates to December 2015, when USPS OIG investigators initiated a review of an unusually high level of Postal Service-related claims for compounded medications — that is, two or more ingredients mixed to create a medication tailored to...

We recently closed a claimant fraud case involving a postal employee that stretched from 2009 to 2021. In early 2007, this employee had filed a workers’ compensation claim alleging she sprained her ankle while on the job. The Department of Labor (DOL) approved her claim and began issuing FECA benefit payments two months later. Our agents investigated the case as early as 2009, after receiving a...