We wrote about Billy J. & Debra K. Alumbaugh of Turon, Kansas back in March when they were were charged with a count of conspiracy to defraud the government and another count of theft of government services. He pleaded guilty yesterday to the theft of more than $70,000, according to the Wichita Eagle.
It seems that the staff at the VA hospital got suspicious when they couldn’t find a reason for his blindness. His wife was seen driving him to the hospital and helping him into the facility. When they left, Debra a driving, but after a few miles, the pair would switch drivers and Billy would drive unassisted.
According to his plea, Billy Alumbaugh admitted to receiving monthly pension benefits by claiming that he was blind and needed assistance to perform routine activities.
In fact, he was able to drive and engage in other routine activities without assistance. His wife accompanied him to medical visits in which they pretended he was blind and needed her assistance.
Debra also pleaded guilty and worked out a deal to be fined a grand and a year probation. Sentencing is set for September 6th.
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15 responses to “Billy J. Alumbaugh guilty”
Good.
May he be an example and a forerunner to other scammers.
Mamma always said if I kept doing that it would make me blind. I didn’t know it was just temporary.
F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5F5
Total elapsed time: 08.1 seconds from start to finish.
Good enough at times for the Champeen’s belt buckle from the local rodeo, most all the other time, not so much.
Smile.
Correction. Elapsed time 10.0 seconds.
(Two F5’s per second is the rule)
I found out real quick that it only made my toes curl up for a few seconds. I could live with a few seconds of having monkey feet.
Turds.
He was situationally blind; he never saw that arrest coming.
They just fooling themselves than they did. They deserve to be guilty because of defraud.
Didn’t they call it “hysterical blindness” in Band of Brothers and was cured miraculously by Captain Winters, in the Battle of Carentan ???
Soooo…
She must have been sleeping with Major Winters to get his ability to cure just by being there !!!
“I see everything twice.”
As they teach you in SERE.
If you are going to fake an injury – it has to be a 24/7 game.
It’s a good thing they were wise stewards of the money they received and can easily pay it back. /sarc
Maggots.
Switched drivers down the road.
Wow.
Give them a year for every thousand they stole!!