re: #654 Dustyvet

And some like this …

navytimes.com

Ex-airman says he wrongly took $1.5M from VA
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Apr 7, 2009 13:14:15 EDT
SPOKANE, Wash. — A former Idaho sheriff’s deputy who falsely claimed he was paraplegic has pleaded guilty in a $1.5 million disability fraud case that U.S. attorneys say could be the largest in Veterans Affairs Department history.

James M. Sebero, 59, of Laclede, Idaho, accepted an agreement with government lawyers and pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to wire fraud and making a false statement. He also agreed to forfeit personal assets and to pay $950,000 in restitution.

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He came under scrutiny after authorities accused him of operating the aircraft-maintenance business without FAA certification.

Investigators used a hidden video camera to record Sebero’s visit to a doctor for a physical examination on Sept. 26, 2007, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Spokane, his first since 1978, according to documents filed in court. In that visit, he was in a wheelchair and told the doctor he had been unable to work or walk since he left the Air Force.

The next day, investigators watched him walk into court without assistance to face charges in an unrelated federal false-statements case. He was arrested after that court appearance.