{"id":66179,"date":"2016-06-07T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66179"},"modified":"2016-06-07T11:08:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T15:08:01","slug":"cristina-jackson-punished-for-exposing-a-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66179","title":{"rendered":"Cristina Jackson punished for exposing a fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We talked about Darryl Lee Wright<\/a> last year when he was charged with defrauding the government of hundreds of thousands of dollars in veterans’ benefits for his “disability” which resulted from hearing an explosion once while in Iraq. He parlayed the explosion into a Combat Action Badge and a Purple Heart along with some disability benefits and caregiver payments to his sister.<\/p>\n

He was exposed by Cristina Jackson, a Federal employee, and of course, she became a target, not only of Wright, but also the agency that she worked for because she exposed the thief, according to Military.com<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Wright joined the Economic Development Administration, a job-promoting agency within the Commerce Department, in 2008. His absences quickly mounted, and he announced he was dealing with PTSD stemming from service in Iraq.<\/p>\n

Jackson, the office’s administrative director, oversaw his attendance records.<\/p>\n

Late in 2009, Wright asked to convert missed work into paid leave for “emergency” National Guard duty. The orders he provided were unsigned or didn’t have his name.<\/p>\n

Jackson, who previously worked in administrative roles with the Navy and Army reserve, asked for more documentation. He told her to check with the Washington National Guard.<\/p>\n

With permission from her boss, that’s what she did. The Guard determined Wright “purposely falsified Washington Military Department orders to defraud his civilian employer,” according to a December 2009 investigation report .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On top of all of that, Wright and his sister were racking up benefits from the VA and the Social Security Administration that totaled about 10 grand per month. Jackson’s investigation put an end to that.<\/p>\n

Wright, 48, pleaded guilty to federal charges in February, more than six years after Jackson told her bosses that he had submitted fake National Guard orders to be paid for a week of missed work. He’s due to be sentenced in August. Through his lawyer he declined an interview request.<\/p>\n

“Cristina Jackson’s willingness to come forward was critical to uncovering the truth,” Assistant U.S. Attorney David Reese Jennings said. “But for her actions, law enforcement would not have had what they needed to uncover the fraud.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite the fact that she helped bust a thief who was defrauding the federal government, she has also been battling to keep her own job for more than six years. She should be a national hero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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