Puerto Rico National Guards Scandal Probe 7 Years of Kickbacks

Army recruiting scandal nets new indictments as long probe of kickbacks continues
Washington Post
By Lisa Rein
October 23, 2015

These fraudulent bounties were collected for seven years by recruiters and “recruiters assistants” for the Puerto Rico National Guard.

The scheme was as simple as the system was porous.

Army National Guard soldiers signed up as assistants to help recruiters, getting paid a referral fee each time someone enlisted and another bonus if they went to basic training. If someone joined as an officer, the payment jumped as high as $8,500.

But the assistants didn’t wait that long. According to federal court documents, they simply entered the potential recruit’s name, date of birth and Social Security number into an online account, then told the company under contract with the National Guard that they had signed up another soldier when they had not. When the bonuses was wired to their bank account, they gave half the money to the recruiters, who were barred from getting payments themselves.
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