Did this VA disabled fraud have a conscience?

James Sebero managed to dishonor so many in one selfish act after another. First, the Air Force, then disabled veterans, then the sheriff offices across the nation, but above all, he further dishonored the 900,000 veterans with their claims in a backlog pile waiting to received what they really deserved, while he simply took what he wanted. Did he think of the Vietnam veterans that ended up homeless because they deserved to have their claims honored but never managed to get them approved? Or the ones who spent years feeling they didn't deserve any help from the government because others were more worthy? Or did he think of the newer veterans being turned away from the VA because there is no room to fit them in and they killed themselves? Did he think of any of them? Did he have a conscience at all while he took the money with his lies, passing himself off as lame, sitting in a wheel chair, only to get up and walk on his own two feet when the VA wasn't looking? Did he feel any quilt in the halls of the VA hospital as he wheeled himself past amputees or paralyzed veterans? Or when he was standing on his own two feet and saw a real disabled veteran struggling in a grocery store from his wheel chair trying to reach something on the shelf? Did he notice the widow counting every dime in line because her husband's claim was never approved before he died? Did he ever see the pain in a homeless veteran's eyes because they had PTSD, the government turned down their claim, their family turned their backs on him and he felt betrayed by the country he was wounded for serving? I doubt he saw anything but himself and his bank account with the checks giving him everything he wanted just for pretending to be something he could never be. No, not just a disabled veteran, but a man with a conscience.

Ex-airman says he wrongly took $1.5M from VA

The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Apr 7, 2009 13:14:15 EDT

SPOKANE, Wash. — A former Idaho sheriff’s deputy who falsely claimed he was paraplegic has pleaded guilty in a $1.5 million disability fraud case that U.S. attorneys say could be the largest in Veterans Affairs Department history.

James M. Sebero, 59, of Laclede, Idaho, accepted an agreement with government lawyers and pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court to wire fraud and making a false statement. He also agreed to forfeit personal assets and to pay $950,000 in restitution.

Sebero, a former Bonner County, Idaho, sheriff’s marine deputy, could face 20 years and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced July 10.

U.S. Attorney James A. McDevitt said it was the largest disability-compensation fraud case in VA history.

“By his actions, Mr. Sebero disgraced the system that compensates all those veterans who are truly disabled and who are fairly compensated for their injuries sustained in service to their country,” McDevitt said.
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