From a 2001 story:

The Feds claim Coughlin, 49, falsely claimed he suffered "a partial permanent disability" after falling debris hit him on the head, earning him $331,000 from the Victim Compensation Fund.

Not two months after filing his claim, Coughlin ran the New York City marathon in under four hours and continued playing basketball and lacrosse, prosecutors said.

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Prosecutors this time around limited their case to two counts, down from an original four that had been aimed at both Charles Coughlin and his wife, Sabrina. (The first iteration resulted in a mistrial, followed by some interesting discussions about double jeopardy, which ultimately derailed on the government's second try in court.) By this time, the prosecution had its presentation pretty well honed. From today's AP story:

But prosecutor Susan Menzer said Coughlin ran another marathon in November 2001 and showed the jury a picture of him running on the lacrosse field gripping a stick, taken after the attacks. She also showed jurors copies of check carbons she said he gave to the fund, falsely claiming they were for services he could no longer perform around the house. For example, she said he claimed a check for his lacrosse league dues was actually for someone to lay mulch in his yard. Coughlin said they were not fraudulent but mistakes due to sloppy accounting by his wife.

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I don't know Charles Coughlin, nor do I know much about the case, so I'm not entitled to comment on this in any depth.

I think it's safe to say, however, that it's fascinating how much various juries' perceptions of pain tolerance, machismo and conditioning played roles in the various verdicts. An initial jury believed that Coughlin was the kind of man who would run through debilitating pain, which influenced their decision.