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By REGINA F. GRAHAM FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED:25 August 2016
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| Darryl Lee Wright pleaded guilty to two counts of felony wire fraud earlier this year |
Darryl Lee Wright pleaded guilty to two counts of felony wire fraud earlier this year for fabricating claims of disability and receiving payment from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
The 48-year-old claimed that he was severely disabled from being wounded in combat in Iraq, and as a result, collected $751,400 in federal benefits.
Wright was found living well in Snoqualmie, dating two women simultaneously and working a steady job, despite claiming that he was incapacitated by wounds physical and psychological that he suffered in Iraq while serving in the Idaho National Guard in Iraq, Seattlepi.com reported.
He was caught telling a war story that wasn't true about his 2005 tour in Iraq.
In order to prove the lie, he created fake documents and pressured government workers in an effort to force his way into thousands of dollars of benefits that are meant to help Americans who were actually injured while serving.From ABC News
Wright filed the bogus paperwork with the Army under the names of people he actually served with, Jennings said.
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His lawyer claims he is entitled to most of the money because of his severe PTSD.
ReplyDeleteIt actually got worse like "The war story helped Wright bilk the federal government out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in disability benefits — at one point receiving more than $10,000 a month." and this will really frost your cookies.
Delete"Wright’s sister, Karen Bevens, who also pleaded guilty in the scheme, was paid to be his primary caretaker. Court documents say the siblings crafted a fiction starring a mostly bedridden veteran who was unable to care for himself." That was on the Washington Post today. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/08/25/how-this-iraq-war-veteran-lied-his-way-to-a-purple-heart-and-750000-in-disability-benefits/