Thursday, December 13, 2018

3 Yrs in VA ID Theft Case

The Justice Department issued the following statement.


Tierun Bush, 56, of Jackson, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee to serve 36 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft and theft of government funds and property, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst. Judge Lee also ordered Bush to pay full restitution to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

From 2005 to 2018, Bush used the name, social security number and other identifiers of a U.S. military veteran to fraudulently receive narcotics, medical care, medical equipment, and financial assistance for the cost of housing from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Bush, who is not a military veteran, was a long time patient at the G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson under the name of the victim whose identity he stole. When first approached by agents from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Bush provided the name of the victim as his own but quickly confessed when he was told by agents that they had already interviewed the victim, who lives out of state. By fraudulently using the identity of a veteran, Bush was able to obtain goods and services from government valued at over $133,603.93, which he will be required to pay in restitution as a part of his sentence.

The case was investigated by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Dave Fulcher.


Posted by Kingfish at 4:57 PM

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

I, after just recently retiring with 41 years of service, was there yesterday picking up scripts for the first time feeling guilty for “taking”. This guy will never know how big a POS he is nor feel remorseful.

December 13, 2018 at 5:11 PM
Directed at 5:11 above I said...

Retired with 42 years of service and you feel guilty about "taking"? My friend, I applaud and honor your service to our great Country, and as a taxpayer as yourself, you better go get EVERYTHING you can out of that hospital. It's yours! You signed up and put YOUR life on the line for US, this is the LEAST that we owe you.

December 13, 2018 at 6:09 PM
Anonymous said...

He should serve his time at hard labor on a Marine base cleaning latrines, with a toothbrush - his.

December 13, 2018 at 6:41 PM
Anonymous said...

Truly infuriating that, had this been an illegal immigrant - doing the SAME thing with a fake SSN - NOTHING would have been said or done. Nothing. Happens every day.

December 13, 2018 at 8:06 PM
Anonymous said...

Good luck collecting that restitution from a bum.

December 13, 2018 at 8:33 PM
Anonymous said...

I don’t know how the Bush family is going to move passed this one

December 13, 2018 at 10:23 PM
Anonymous said...

I am so confused. I thought this was something the High Commander State Auditor was supposed to do.

December 13, 2018 at 10:24 PM
Ten Hut said...

Yes, 10:24, you really ARE confused. Our state auditor has no authority to audit federal facilities.

December 14, 2018 at 1:01 AM
Anonymous said...

So...show up, claim to be someone else and get stuff. Kinda like being a Democrat on Election Day

December 14, 2018 at 7:15 AM
Anonymous said...

5:11...Thank you immensely for your service and dedication to out country.

6:09...You are 1000% CORRECT. Those benefits were earned by 5:11. I wish all of Washington understood that.

December 14, 2018 at 7:22 AM
Anonymous said...

Need to know more about this case. Was this person unable to receive medical care elsewhere? Such a need to recognize healthcare and college/vocational services as a responsibility of our government to provide. Look at all of the other developed nations.

December 14, 2018 at 11:58 AM
Anonymous said...

Sweet Baby Jesus11:58...please show me in the Constitution and/or Bill of Rights where the government has the duty to “recognize health care and college/vocational services as a responsibility”.

December 14, 2018 at 1:20 PM
Anonymous said...

@1:20, the Constitution is not the sole source of the government’s obligations to our citizens. Congress passes laws that create and eliminate those duties. The Congess decided veterans should get certain medical and other benefits, and I for one am thankful. By the way, in which branch did you serve?

December 15, 2018 at 10:21 AM

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