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The 54-year-old man from Kansas is ordered to pay over $537,000 in restitution.
In 2014, 106 people, including retired NYPD officers and FDNY firefighters, received a large disability pension of $400 million due to the aftereffect of the September 11 attacks, but the person involved was indicted after it was found to be false. At that time, the scam was known as the largest pension scam in the United States. [10]
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (VA OIG) is one of the Inspector General offices created by the Inspector General Act of 1978. [1] The Inspector General for the Department of Veterans Affairs is charged with investigating and auditing department programs to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. [1]
A Florida bodybuilder landed prison time for his $245,000 disability fraud on the VA. ... Florida bodybuilder pulling a $245,000 scam claimed he could lift only 10 pounds ... [Barton] and his wife ...
The VA OIG reported in May 2014 that 17 veteran deaths had occurred while waiting for VHA treatment in the Phoenix VA system, and on June 5, 2014, the Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Sloan Gibson, reported that the VA had identified 18 additional deaths. The 18 deaths were among the group of 1700 identified as "at risk of being lost or ...
The following is an alphabetical list of notable people known to have committed fraud. A Frank Abagnale Jr. , American impostor who wrote bad checks in 12 countries until arrested in 1969: falsely represented himself as a qualified member of professions such as airline pilot, doctor, attorney, and teacher; the film Catch Me If You Can is based ...
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A recovery room scam is a form of advance-fee fraud where the scammer (sometimes posing as a law enforcement officer or attorney) calls investors who have been sold worthless shares (for example in a boiler-room scam), and offers to buy them, to allow the investors to recover their investments. [92]