{"id":55570,"date":"2014-10-02T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=55570"},"modified":"2014-10-02T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T12:53:00","slug":"7-florida-vets-arrested-for-va-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=55570","title":{"rendered":"7 Florida vets arrested for VA fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

“MCPO Ret. In TN” sends us a link to CBS12 News<\/a> in West Palm Beach where 7 veterans were arrested for filing false travel vouchers for their trips to the VA hospital, some of them didn’t even have drivers’ licenses;<\/p>\n

They\u2019re accused of submitting almost $150,000 worth of fraudulent requests for travel reimbursements.<\/p>\n

Some veterans, depending on their income and other factors, can be reimbursed for travel when they go to and from the VA Medical Center to see a doctor.<\/p>\n

But the feds found some veterans in our area were lining their pockets, submitting bogus travel expenses for reimbursement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are dollars that could’ve been going to veterans’ care and instead they’re going into pockets of people who didn’t deserve it,\u201d said U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, Florida Dist. 21.<\/p>\n

In some cases investigators say the veterans took the Tri-Rail train or Palm Tran Bus to the VA Medical Center, but they turned in travel vouchers claiming they drove there so they could be reimbursed at a higher rate for mileage on their car.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s why we can’t have nice things. Of course, their $150k pales to what VA spends every day on frivolous shit, but that doesn’t justify their criminality.<\/p>\n