Latest "va fraud" stories

2 plead guilty after stealing more than $100 million in GI Bill funds

The pair reportedly falsified enrollment and course completion numbers in order to scheme the agency out of more than $100 million.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

10 days ago

U.S. Air Force Maj. Brandon Bailey, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron medical crew director, awaits the arrival of patients from a forward operating base in Mosul, Iraq, on Sept. 23, 2008, during a "Bandage Mission." Bandage Missions travel to different FOBs throughout Iraq and pick up patients and transport them to the Air Force Theater Hospital in Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon/Air Force)

A major was kicked out for stealing narcotics. Then he took $820,000 from the Air Force.

For the past two years, former Air Force Maj. Brandon Bailey has been the subject of a federal investigation into a complex web of financial and bankruptcy fraud he spun over the course of a decade.

By Rachel S. Cohen

6 months ago

5 convicted of stealing veteran, Social Security benefits

The scheme resulted in the actual loss of nearly $1 million.

11 months ago

California man posing as a combat-injured Marine found guilty for receiving $195,000 in medical benefits

A California man who falsely claimed to be a combat-injured Marine with two Purple Hearts so he could receive medical and housing benefits was sentenced federal prison on Thursday.

By Jared Morgan

24 months ago

Trucking school owner sentenced to four years in prison for GI Bill fraud

The driving school owner collected tuition payments from VA despite not providing classes to dozens of veterans.

By Leo Shane III

24 months ago

Man pleads guilty to faking SEAL service, POW status and PTSD for $300,000 in VA benefits

“Everything about this case is profoundly offensive," the prosecutor said.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

2 years ago