Veteran ordered imprisoned for defrauding VA
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A federal judge in East St. Louis says an Air Force veteran from the Metro East must spend 10 months in prison for defrauding the U.S. government of benefits.
Forty-five-year-old Randall Timmons of Waterloo pleaded guilty in March to concealing material information from the Social Security Administration and making false statements to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Prosecutors say Timmons collected disability benefits after sustaining a back injury related to his time in the Air Force in the 1980s.
By 2001, with the help of spinal fusion surgeries, Timmons was well enough to go back to work.
But he never apparently told the Social Security Administration of his medical improvement and continued to collect benefits by insisting he was still disabled.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Veteran ordered imprisoned for defrauding VA
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