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FORMER NOPD OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO WORKERS COMPENSATION FRAUD SCHEME
November 14, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DARYL ODOM, age 38, a resident of New Orleans, LA, pled guilty in federal court to one count of Mail Fraud in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341, based on his scheme as a New Orleans Policeman to defraud the City of New Orleans of workers compensation benefits, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten today.
DARYL ODOM, a former New Orleans Policeman, was charged with a scheme to defraud the City of New Orleans of workers compensation benefits through fraudulent representations during a time period beginning in October 2005 through March 2006. The defendant had been classified as a New Orleans Policeman who was temporarily, totaled disabled. After Katrina devastated the New Orleans area, ODOM became a self-employed contractor repairing hurricane-damaged homes during the time period he was supposedly totally disabled. He falsely reported to the administrator of the City’s Workers Compensation Program that he had not been self employed or received any outside employment income. As a result of his false representations to the worker’s compensation carrier, the defendant, ODOM, received over $8,000 in workers compensation indemnity benefits to which he was not entitled. The defendant resigned from the New Orleans Police Department on February 3, 2007. A conviction for mail fraud carries a maximum statutory penalty of twenty (20) years incarceration and/or a $250,000 fine.
This case was investigated by Special Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Emily K. Greenfield.
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