Friday, November 14, 2008

Fraud Trial for Officer Anthony Trabal Begins

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.

A fraud trial has begun for a Springfield police officer accused of making fake disability claims to the city and Liberty Mutual insurance company.

Opening statements were Friday morning in the trial of Anthony Trabal.

Prosecutors say Trabal submitted the claims for wages he lost during six months of unpaid leave that followed an off-duty car accident in 2004.

Liberty Mutual determined the disability certificates submitted to support Trabal's claim were fake, and the case was referred to state insurance fraud investigators.

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