Army veteran accused of faking paralysis

How does this happen? Real claims trapped in a backlog and this fake claim gets approved?

Army veteran accused of faking paralysis
By Robert Patrick
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
06/18/2009

EAST ST. LOUIS -- Federal prosecutors have accused an Army veteran of faking paralysis to receive disability benefits and avoid deploying to Iraq.

Jeffrey W. Rush was indicted on four charges: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, making false statements to the Social Security Administration, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud. His wife, Amy L. Rush, was indicted on five charges: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud and making false statements to both the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services.

The indictment, handed down by a grand jury in federal court in East St. Louis and made public Thursday, lays out the case this way:

Jeffrey Rush was involved in a one-vehicle accident on Nov. 5, 2004, while stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., with the 24th Transportation Company.
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Army veteran accused of faking paralysis