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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Maryland man indicted for defrauding program for disabled veterans

A Bowie, Maryland, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using his security company to defraud a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs program for disabled military veterans out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Francis Engles, 63, was charged in a 20-count indictment alleging he used Engles Security Training School, which he co-owned and operated, to overcharge the VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment program for services that either were shortened, or not rendered at all.

Engles allegedly presented the VA with documents stating he was providing 15 veterans with courses for 40 hours per week and over 600 hours over the course of several months, only to frequently cancel classes without notice or offer significantly shorter sessions than promised.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Veterans would be more effective if that actually KNEW their rights and did not parade around in POWMIA leather vests on loud motorcycles like tragic Rednecks.

Anonymous said...

2:52-Those who are cutting the checks are taking full advantage of the veterans.If their "rights" outweigh the available funding don't expect Uncle Sam to dig deeper.Are you intelligent enough to understand what I just said?

Anonymous said...

Really 2:52 you shallow clown.Most of those guys and gals served and care about the mia issue and they also do a lot of charity work. You are 1 predudiced jerk.

Anonymous said...

How dare you. Thanks to our military and veterans you are allowed to say stupid remarks. You wouldn't last long in another country. Vietnam veterans never got their due respect for fighting for our country.

Anonymous said...

More effective at what 2:52

Anonymous said...

I vote for 2:52 and Mr Engles for castration and public stoning. This rids us of stupidity (2:52) and taxpayer jail time for Engles.

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