Thursday, February 20, 2014

Veteran pleads guilty of VA travel fraud

Tuscaloosa man pleads guilty to defrauding Veterans Affairs of nearly $43,000 over 5 years

AL.com

Kelsey Stein

February 19, 2014

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - A Tuscaloosa man pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraudulently receiving nearly $43,000 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs over five years.Timothy Lee Hornsby, 55, faces a federal charge of theft of government property. He entered a guilty plea Tuesday during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Karon O. Bowdre.

Hornsby claimed to be traveling from an address in Lourin, Mississippi, to the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center. An investigation revealed that Hornsby actually was living in Tuscaloosa at the time.

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