#Middlebury #Veterans
This is a big no-no. An Ohio man threatened to kill a Department of Veterans Affairs social worker’s daughters. You do not do that, no matter what your beef. You do not go after family.
The Ohio idiot didn’t even do it anonymously, sending a threatening text message, and it wasn’t long before the VA Office of Inspector General was all over it. Turns out he was known to the social worker because he’d availed himself of homeless-veterans services and had been given permanent housing. Several years later, he was evicted due to multiple complaints of physical threats and public intoxication. Upset, he sent the threatening text message.
At this point he’s indicted. No established guilt. Court to be held later. At his arrest he was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstructing official business. I hope the federal charges are stronger than that. You do not threaten family.
This next case I don’t understand. Oh, I understand the theft and scamming part. What I don’t understand is why it took so long.
In 2017, a VA employee who worked in the IT department was nabbed and indicted for attempting to sell the personal info of veterans and employees he’d grabbed off the computers. He’d even narrowed down the victims to those making over $50,000 per year, saying that would be valuable to identity thieves. He selected veterans who’d received compensation or a pension, those who went to a VA medical center and those who’d had a VA financial assessment. He even made fake credit cards and had the equipment to do that. He was picked up in a bathroom when he went to the VA to steal a server.
In 2019, he pleaded guilty to one charge in exchange for having the others dropped. Fast-forward to now: He’s just been sentenced to 46 months, plus two years of supervised release.
What took so long?
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