Federal Officials Charge Employee and Nine Others with Veterans Benefits Fraud

Several people were arrested this morning in a federal operation for fraud involving disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico today returned a 49-count indictment charging ten individuals, including a Department of Veterans Affairs employee, with participating in a scheme to fraudulently obtain veterans' benefits.

VA employee is among 10 indicted for disability fraud scheme – PR informa

The fraud scheme at the U.S. Veterans Administration, which ran from 2020 to 2025, resulted in financial losses estimated at as much as...

San Juan, 22 May (Prensa Latina) A close three-year investigation allowed 10 people to be charged in Puerto Rico for fraud against the U.S. Veterans Administration, announced today federal prosecutor W. Stephen Muldrow. The post Federales accuses a dozen people of fraud in Puerto Rico first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

By Redacción Es Noticia redacción@esnoticiapr.com Ten people were charged by a federal grand jury in the Puerto Rico District for participating in a scheme to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by applying for disability benefits amounting to $190 million. $190 million is the sum of all the benefits these people would receive for life. “The payments were $2,000, $3,000, but the benefits they are receiving are for life. So the estima…

A federal grand jury in the Puerto Rico District issued an indictment of 49 charges against ten people, including an employee of the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), for his alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme to obtain disability benefits, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office reported on Thursday. The indictment notes that Ángel Carrer-Rivera, a VA employee and supervisor of the Veterans Benefits Management System, collaborated with vetera…