Comic book-peddling postal worker pleads guilty to disability fraud

There’s nothing comical about fraud, unless one is a postal worker claiming a disability all the while carrying and selling boxes of comic books at notoriously well-attended and festive comic con conventions.

A 60-year-old postal worker in New Hampshire pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to making false statements to obtain disability benefits after investigators observed him repeatedly moving heavy boxes of comics at a comic con event, despite claims that work-related injuries to his neck, back and arm prevented him from working since 2010, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.

Kenneth Dunn, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was required to report all employment for which he received a salary, wage or payment of any kind in annual reports submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Workers’ Compensation Program, the newspaper reported. He was also required to provide documentation from a medical doctor to demonstrate his or her continued eligibility for the benefits and report any improvements to his or her physical condition.

Mr. Dunn failed to report the income to the federal government’s workers comp program and continued to claim he was not able to work in any capacity, a double whammy for the U.S. Attorney’s Office indictment.