FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Lauren Horwood
August 26, 2011	PHONE: (916) 554-2706
www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae	usacae.edcapress@usdoj.gov
Docket #: 2:10-cr-079-GEB

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. sentenced Nicki Lee Buxmann, 48, of Lake County, to five months in prison and five months home detention, followed by 36 months ofsupervised release, as well as $104,834 in restitution for making a false statement or fraud to obtain federal employee’s compensation. Buxmann pleaded guilty to the charge on January 28, 2011.

            According to court documents, Buxmann owned and operated the TNT Takeover / MMA Boxing gym in Roseville while at the same time receiving federal workers’ compensation benefits from the Department of Labor relating to injuries Buxmann claimed to have sustained while working as a letter carrier for the United States Postal Service.  Buxmann stated in several forms she submitted to the Department of Labor that she had no work activities and had earned no income during the time period in which she owned and operated the gym.  An undercover agent also caught Buxmann teaching defensive tactics techniques, replacing light bulbs, cleaning windows, and sweeping exercise mats.

           “The majority of postal employees who collect compensation benefits have legitimate claims and are truly unable to perform any postal jobs. However, a small percentage abuse the system, costing the Postal Service millions of dollars.  It is these individuals Special Agents will relentlessly pursue to bring to justice,” stated Special Agent in Charge Nichole Cooper, Pacific Area Field Office, US Postal Service Office of Inspector General.

This case is the product of an extensive investigation by the United States Postal Service-Office of Inspector General. Assistant United States Attorneys Laurel Rimon and Todd Pickles prosecuted the case.

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