Woman admits worker’s comp fraud, was selling sex toys on eBay

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Updated: November 4, 2011 5:49PM

A Lake Station, Ind. woman has pleaded guilty to worker’s compensation fraud, claiming to have no income when she really was making money selling sex toys on eBay.

Chopper Loughran, 29, faces up to five years in prison, according to a plea agreement filed in federal court in Hammond.

According to an indictment, Loughran was working for the U.S. Postal Service when she filed a claim saying she suffered an on-the-job injury.

In addition to lying about her income, she filed for reimbursement for gas to trips she supposedly had to take for medical appointments, although the indictment said she never made those trips.

Her plea agreement says she’ll have to pay between $30,000 and $70,000 in restitution.