Faker gets 3-year prison term

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Faker gets 3-year prison term
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Sep 16, 2008 5:45:42 EDT

A soldier who lied about his service record and combat injuries to scam more than $18,000 in disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs was sentenced Sept. 5 to three years in federal prison.

Randall A. Moneymaker also was ordered to pay $18,449.32, the amount he received from the VA, in restitution, said Craig Jacobsen, the assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia, who prosecuted the case.

Moneymaker was found guilty March 24 by a jury in Roanoke, Va., and faced a maximum sentence of 35 years.

During the sentencing, Moneymaker apologized to the military, the court and his family, and asked for probation, Jacobsen said.

Moneymaker’s family, including his mother and sister, sobbed when the three-year sentence was announced, he said.


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