The seal of the U.S. Department of Justice is seen on a podium during a press conference. The DOJ has launched its largest-ever victim compensation fund for survivors of sex trafficking facilitated through Backpage.com. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The Department of Justice (DOJ) says the last member of a family that operated a years-long Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability scheme has been sentenced to prison. The VA Office of the Inspector General (VA-OIG) says the scheme stole more than $1.1 million in VA funds.
The backstory:
The DOJ says Kelly M. Lee-Carroll, 58, of Kent, Washington, served in the Army for three months in 1986 and then joined the Army Reserves from 1986-1994 and in 2012 claimed a service-related disability and started receiving caregiver funding in 2013. Prosecutors said Lee-Carroll qualified for some disability payments but not…
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