New York man convicted in Veterans contract scam

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Brooklyn man has been found guilty of fraud for posing as a disabled veteran in order to win federal construction contracts worth more than $16 million, authorities said on Thursday.

John Raymond Anthony White, 46, falsely claimed he was disabled and a veteran between 2007 and 2010 in a scheme to qualify for government construction contracts for the Veterans Administration in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, court documents said.

The contracts were limited to small businesses owned by veterans or disabled veterans.

White, who has never served in the military, "exploited valuable resources intended for the men and women who put their lives on the line for our country and are often disabled as a result," Manhattan Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.

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[rasputin1952]

1. Possible 75 year sentence....

a tad to lenient for me.

I've worked with disabled vets, I care deeply for those with whom I've served with, and those that serve today.

While this is nothing new, there will always be profiteers for those have served this nation...while they themselves sat in the comfort of their homes...75 years, take everything away from this "man", make him serve out his sentence in a military prison.

I hope his life is hell on earth.

[lonestarnot]

2. Scum of the earth freak.