Clearwater Man Pleads Guilty in VA Benefits Fraud Scheme

August 23, 2019

Home care businessman Roland Brown pleaded guilty to paying $1M in bribes to a long-time friend who worked for the Department of Veteran Affairs. The scheme defrauded the organization’s benefits program for children with spina bifida. According to Brown’s plea, he allegedly set up Legacy Home Health in order to submit more than $3 million in false claims to the VA. This scheme is only one of several scams pulled off by Brown’s friend.

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