| VA FIDUCIARY GUILTY
OF STEALING VETERAN'S BENEFITS
Ellen Pack stole from veteran and used
more than $30,000 for her own purchases and expenses.
NOTE from
Larry Scott, VA Watchdog dot Org
... An appropriate story given Jim Strickland's recent two-part
series:
PART
2 OF 2 -- VA'S FIDUCIARY PROGRAM: A GOOD
IDEA GONE VERY, VERY BAD (07-29-10)
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VA'S FIDUCIARY PROGRAM: A GOOD IDEA GONE
VERY, VERY BAD -- PART 1 of 2
(07-28-10)
Veterans' Advocate Jim Strickland
looks at the
dark side of the VA's
fiduciary program. Or:
"I'm from the VA, and I'm here to
help."
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Stratford woman guilty of
pilfering veteran's benefits
Written by John Kovach
http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/stratfords
tar/news/localnews/65824-stratford-woman-gu
ilty-of-pilfering-veterans-benefits.html
 A
64-year-old Stratford woman pleaded guilty July 27 to one count of
misappropriating U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs disability
benefits while acting as a fiduciary for an incompetent military
veteran.
Ellen Pack of Broadbridge Road, waived indictment before United
States Magistrate Judge Holly B. Fitzsimmons.
Pack, according to court documents, was fiduciary for a military
veteran who was a patient in the West Haven Veterans
Administration Hospital in 2006 and 2007.
She received money from the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs that were to be used solely for the
veteran’s care and benefit, and used more than $30,000 for her own
purchases and expenses.
Pack faces a maximum term of imprisonment of five years and a fine
of up to $250,000 when sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet C.
Hall on Oct. 15, according to David B. Fein, United States
Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
The matter was investigated by special agents of the Department of
Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General.
The case is being prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorney William M. Brown Jr.
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