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VAOIG reports the following indictments for people who posed as veterans to get lucrative contracts.
Four Indicted For Fraud Against Government Contracting Programs
Federal Grand Jury in Tennessee Returns Fraud Indictment in Scheme to Get Set-Aside Contracts Intended for Small Businesses and Veterans
Pennsylvania Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Make False Statements and Defraud the Government
Penn. Contractor Admits Hiring Veteran as “Straw” Partner To Obtain $8.7 M in Government Contracts Meant for Disabled Veterans
Co-owner of Defunct Company Admits Defrauding Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
Missouri Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Made False Claims Enabling Company To Win $6.7M in Set-Aside Contracts Intended for Veterans
Omaha Contractor and Companies Plead Guilty to Fraud Scheme
Omaha Contractor Faces 24 Month in Prison for “Pass Through” Scheme That Took 45 Contracts Away From Legitimate Veteran-Owned Businesses
New Jersey Business Owner Admits Fraudulent Claims Of Service-Disabled Veteran Ownership
Office Design Owner Faces 5 Years in Prison for Falsely Claiming SDVOSB Status, Recieved $1.2M in Contracts Meant for Veterans
Albuquerque Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Federal Program for Service-Disabled Veterans
Albuquerque Duo Plead Guilty in Scheme Where Nearly $11M in VA Construction Contracts Went to Them Instead of Disabled Veteran Business Owners
Connecticut Man Sentenced for Claiming To Operate Minority, Service-Disabled Veteran Business
2-Years’ Probation, $38K Forfeiture For Connecticut Man Who Falsely Claimed Disabled Veteran Status to Obtain Set-Aside Contracts
Sterling Business Owner Sentenced for Claiming to be Minority, Service-Disabled Veteran Operated Business
Federal Judge Sentences Massachusetts Contractor to 1 Year in Prison, $399K Forfeiture for Falsely Claiming to Be Disabled Veteran
Four Indicted For Fraud Against Government Contracting Programs
Federal Grand Jury in Tennessee Returns Fraud Indictment in Scheme to Get Set-Aside Contracts Intended for Small Businesses and Veterans
Pennsylvania Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Make False Statements and Defraud the Government
Penn. Contractor Admits Hiring Veteran as “Straw” Partner To Obtain $8.7 M in Government Contracts Meant for Disabled Veterans
Co-owner of Defunct Company Admits Defrauding Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
Missouri Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud, Made False Claims Enabling Company To Win $6.7M in Set-Aside Contracts Intended for Veterans
Omaha Contractor and Companies Plead Guilty to Fraud Scheme
Omaha Contractor Faces 24 Month in Prison for “Pass Through” Scheme That Took 45 Contracts Away From Legitimate Veteran-Owned Businesses
New Jersey Business Owner Admits Fraudulent Claims Of Service-Disabled Veteran Ownership
Office Design Owner Faces 5 Years in Prison for Falsely Claiming SDVOSB Status, Recieved $1.2M in Contracts Meant for Veterans
Albuquerque Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Federal Program for Service-Disabled Veterans
Albuquerque Duo Plead Guilty in Scheme Where Nearly $11M in VA Construction Contracts Went to Them Instead of Disabled Veteran Business Owners
Connecticut Man Sentenced for Claiming To Operate Minority, Service-Disabled Veteran Business
2-Years’ Probation, $38K Forfeiture For Connecticut Man Who Falsely Claimed Disabled Veteran Status to Obtain Set-Aside Contracts
Sterling Business Owner Sentenced for Claiming to be Minority, Service-Disabled Veteran Operated Business
Federal Judge Sentences Massachusetts Contractor to 1 Year in Prison, $399K Forfeiture for Falsely Claiming to Be Disabled Veteran
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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Stolen Valor
Posted 9 y ago
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Sgt Spencer Sikder this makes me sick. So much harm caused by these ass hats. They hurt legitimate businesses that could have and should have gotten those contracts, they hurt their families when they are caught and charged, They hurt the families of those who should have had those contracts through lost revenue. Just an all around deplorable circumstance, compounded by the wide scope of it reach.
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It's not just contractors. There are plenty of Stolen Valor cases WORKING at VA...All receiving compensation and got the hiring preference, of course. Makes me sick and there's NOTHING one can do about it as nobody ever gets in trouble at the VA.
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Sgt Spencer Sikder
I'm a bit perplexed about the hiring preference issue because the only way to get that is to produce an original copy of a DD-214. However, posing after one gets hired and bragging amongst one's co-workers is a different story.
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1SG Joseph Yorski, MHS
Sgt Spencer Sikder - And that's exactly it. Their service may have gotten them in the door, but then the embellishment begins. The guy who was booted from the Army in the '70's as an E-1 for drugs and never went OCONUS is now a SF sniper Lieutenant with raging PTSD who crossed into Laos and Cambodia numerous times while in VN. The guy who did 2 years in the peacetime Army of the '80's is now medicated so that he can barely work because of his "PTSD." These folks made bad choices during and after their service(drugs & alcohol) and are capitalizing on the good will the country has towards Vets since the GWOT started. It's pathetic.
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PO3 Steven Sherrill
1SG Joseph Yorski, MHS Really sad thing is that even though the employment was obtained through falsified records, because of the way it works, it would take at least a year to fire those people. It is ridiculous that they take so long for everything. Need benefits, wait six months. Want Medical, wait a year. Need treatment for service related injury, Wait one to six years (please do us a favor and die while waiting). We need to get rid of someone, file paperwork six times, wait a year, then wait another year on appeal, then fire them. Nope nothing wrong with that system at all. It runs like a used Yugo.
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1SG Joseph Yorski, MHS
PO3 Steven Sherrill - Couldn't agree more. Many of us are hoping it'll change with retirements, because there's a whole lot of oxygen thieves working here!
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That is sad but not unexpected news Sgt Spencer Sikder. It makes little sense for people to pretend to be heroes or even service members unless they get something out of it.
I wouldn't be too surprised to learn that there are many more than four people who fraudulently obtained employment or contracts based on military experience they never had.
I wouldn't be too surprised to learn that there are many more than four people who fraudulently obtained employment or contracts based on military experience they never had.
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PFC Robert Falk
It should not matter what the reason for ANY stolen valor at any time the punishment should be higher then it is. The maybe people would stop, I mean a "slap" on the wrist is more or less what it is now. It should be at least $90k fine and 25 yr prison or 25 yrs in the military , then maybe things would change.
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