Veteran Family Scams VA, Steals $1.1M
Orlando News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · The Daily News Now!
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (api.fastcast.ai) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Army Veteran and Family Sentenced for Multi-Year Scam Against VA Disability Benefits: The Department of Justice has sentenced the last member of a family that ran a multi-year scam against Veterans Affairs disability benefits, stealing over one million dollars in total. The group faked caregiver claims to pocket monthly payments meant for real veteran care. The main player, a fifty-eight-year-old Army veteran from Kent, Washington, listed her sister and adult son as paid caregivers, even though they held other jobs. All three admitted guilt to conspiracy and health care fraud charges. The veteran got seventeen months in prison plus nine hundred thirty-two thousand one hundred forty-two dollars in payback, her son drew fourteen months and two hundred eighty-two thousand six hundred ninety-eight dollars last November, and her sister got time served with six months supervised release and two hundred ninety-three thousand seven hundred eighty-seven dollars owed. Investigators from the VA Inspector Generals office worked closely with prosecutors to shut this down, ensuring accountability and sending a strong warning to anyone eyeing similar schemes.
Support the show:
Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn.
Advertise on DNN:
[email protected]
This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.
Report issues to [email protected].
View sources & latest updates:
https://sources.thednn.ai/5270a5e7da0b3c83