A former Smithsonian museum security guard was charged in connection with a scheme to fraudulently collect workers’ compensation for an injury that had apparently healed.
Charles E. Ingram was accused of fraudulently submitting workers’ compensation forms to embezzle $87,000 from the federal government, according to court documents. Ingram was charged by information, an indication that he is expected to plead guilty.
In 2001, while working at the museum, Ingram reported an on-the-job injury that he claimed left him disabled and allowed him to collect federal workers’ compensation benefits, court documents said. In 2003, Ingram took a job as a armed security guard for a private security firm in Washington, D.C., but continued to file workers’ compensation forms claming that he was unable to work.
