{"id":125153,"date":"2022-04-20T17:09:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T21:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=125153"},"modified":"2022-04-20T17:10:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T21:10:34","slug":"anchorage-valor-thief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=125153","title":{"rendered":"Anchorage Valor Thief"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWilliam Joe Westfall, Valor Thief<\/em><\/p>\n

Our own ninja sends us the sad tale of one William Joe Westfall, who decided to parlay his honorable Vietnam Era service into false claims for personal benefit.<\/p>\n

Not satisfied with his time as a Navy E-6 computer technician who never set foot in-country, Billy Joe here filed false Medicare and Social Security claims, and supplied a forged DD-214 to the VA.<\/p>\n

He was caught.<\/p>\n

Anchorage Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges<\/h3>\n

Involving passports and the receipt of $518,401 in fraudulent government benefits<\/em><\/p>\n

ANCHORAGE \u2013 An Anchorage man was charged by information today and immediately pleaded guilty to passport fraud, health care benefits fraud, false statements relating to health care benefits, Social Security benefits fraud and false statements.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, William Joe Westfall, 72, was born in 1949 and served in the U.S. Navy from July 1972 \u2013 July 1978. He was a computer technician and retired as a Petty Officer First Class. He did not serve in the Vietnam War, was never stationed in Vietnam, and never traveled to Vietnam or the waters near Vietnam during his service in the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n

Despite his true past, Westfall applied for Medicare benefits in December 2010 stating that he was born in 1941 when he knew that he was born in 1949. Based on this false information, U.S. agencies determined that Westfall was eligible for Medicare and additional Social Security benefits. Since this time, Westfall has received more than $44,000 in Medicare benefits to which he was not entitled and $144,000 more than he was entitled to in Social Security benefits.<\/p>\n

In June 2011, Westfall applied for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical benefits. In support of his application, Westfall submitted a military discharge document known as a DD-214 to establish eligibility based on prior service in Vietnam. The DD-214 showed his alleged Vietnam War service and 1941 birth year. Westfall also later claimed to have been a diver in the U.S. Navy, suffered hearing loss as a result of his Vietnam service and to have been exposed to Agent Orange in order to obtain a service-related disability determination through the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). The DD-214 and statements about his service in Vietnam, including the associated health issues arising from that service, were false. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Justice.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

Westfall\u2019s Facebook <\/a><\/p>\n

He has pled guilty, will pay full restitution and faces up to 10 years in a Federal lockup. Photos of bike, vest and service animal unavailable at posting.<\/p>\n

Thanks, ninja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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