Friday, October 22, 2010
Man Charged With Stealing Veteran Benefits
WEST VIRGINIA....
According to an indictment filed earlier this week in U.S. District Court, Darryl J. Hodgkinson of Huntington filed false documents in order to obtain benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The indictment charges Hodgkinson submitted false and fictitious documents to corroborate that he experienced stressors during a Vietnam War deployment, but officials say Hodgkinson received a requested discharge in October 1971 without experiencing a qualified "stressor" during the deployment, which would have qualified him for benefits due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Hodgkinson was initially discharged under other than honorable conditions, but that was then updated to a general discharge in November 1977. The indictment charges him with unlawfully receiving $324,800 in government benefits between September 7, 2001, and April 1, 2010.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 9:28 AM 
