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Our indefatigable ninja sends us an update on an infuriating case of VA fraud, robbing eligible vets of hundreds of thousands of dollars. This hit very close to home, as a fellow NAVAIR employee was involved. The matter was reported <\/p>\n
here: VA Fraud <\/a><\/p>\n and here: VA Fraud Update<\/a><\/p>\n By ALEXANDER RIEDEL<\/strong><\/p>\n A Maryland woman who joined a family scheme that defrauded the Department of Veterans Affairs of at least $1 million was convicted of federal charges and now faces up to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n Mary Francis Biggs, 65, was found guilty Monday of conspiracy to commit fraud and theft of government property. The jury concluded that Biggs had colluded with her daughter Angela Farr, a Navy veteran, to obtain $170,000 in disability benefits in her husband\u2019s name.<\/p>\n Biggs and Farr fabricated dozens of documents and submitted fraudulent medical claims to the VA requesting disability benefits on behalf of the Navy veteran, who is Farr\u2019s father.<\/p>\n Farr pleaded guilty in March to organizing the conspiracy with her ex-husband, Army veteran Michael Vincent Pace. All told, Farr bilked the government out of more than $475,000.<\/p>\n As part of the conspiracy, Biggs and Farr claimed that the unidentified Navy veteran was \u201chomebound and required full-time assistance for basic tasks such as eating, bathing, and dressing,\u201d according to court documents.<\/p>\n For at least part of the scam, the mother-daughter team kept him unaware of the phony claims in his name, according to a statement Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Maryland. It\u2019s unclear when or how much he ended up learning about the fraud.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nNavy wife convicted of defrauding VA of $170K by faking husband\u2019s disability paperwork<\/h3>\n