Detective Eliezer Gonzalez, 48, was indicted yesterday on 34 counts of mail fraud for allegedly falsifying the extent of injuries from a September, 2007 on-the-job accident.

In an indictment announced by the FBI and Boston Police, prosecutors charge Gonzalez "greatly exaggerated and falsified both his injuries and ongoing physical issues and that he fraudulently collected both injured leave pay from the City of Boston as well as supplemental insurance benefits."

In 2005, Gonzalez won the Massachusetts Top Cop award from the National Association of Police Organizations for rescuing a kidnapped infant.

Officials say they have videotape of Gonzalez "walking normally" before and after required medical exams at Boston Police headquarters - at which he showd up "walking slowly with the assistance of a cane and accompanied by associates who assisted him during those appointments." And, the indictment charges, several days after a 2008 exam, Gonzalez "traveled to Vietnam, toured Ho Chi Minh City, socialized with friends, and participated in various strenuous tourist activities in an unimpaired fashion and without the aid of a cane, and included videotaping himself riding on the back of a moped weaving through a crowded street."

Gonzalez faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine on each of the 34 counts.

Innocent, etc.