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IDAHO VETERAN CHARGED WITH BILKING $1.5 MILLION
FROM THE VA -- A former sheriff's deputy faces
charges that
he pretended to be paraplegic to get veteran's
benefits.
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Idaho veteran charged with bilking $1.5M
from VA
Erik Loney / KXLY4 Reporter
COEUR D'ALENE -- A former Bonner County Sheriff's deputy faces charges
that he pretended to be paraplegic to get veteran's benefits and bilked
the government out of $1.5 Million.
Federal prosecutors in Idaho filed a 58 count indictment against James
Sebero last week.
Sebero, a former marine deputy in Bonner County, claimed he was injured
while in the Air Force in the early 1970s. The Air Force sent him to
several medical facilities for treatment and each time the nature of the
reported accident and the extent of the injuries suffered have been
reported differently.
 Documents
say Sebero claimed he suffered from various ailments including paraplegia,
the total loss of use of both legs. Sebero received veterans association
disability and benefits for 31 years, with documents reporting that he
received about $6,000 a month for the past few years for a grand total of
$1.5 Million in disability pay.
However while Sebero was telling the VA he was a paraplegic prosecutors
say he was not. Court documents show he owned and operated an excavation
company and an aircraft maintenance facility and worked as a law
enforcement officer for the Bonner County Sheriff's Office.
The Bonner County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Sebero worked as a
seasonal employee for four summers on their marine unit and he was not not
paralyzed.
Now the government is charging him with fraud and wants their money back,
calling for his bank accounts, two homes, a boat and a helicopter to be
seized.
Sebero's phone number has been disconnected and he could not be reached
for comment on this story.
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