Breach Of Trust:  $2 Million STOLEN from Servicemembers
Channel: JC Urban Chronicles
Date: 2024-01-19

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Former Dr. Michael Villarroel, U.S. Navy, and participants devised a scheme to obtain $2 million in payments from fraudulent claims submitted to the insurance program - Traumatic Servicemembers Group Life Insurance Program, or TSGLI.  He was sentenced in federal court to one year and one day in custody after admitting that he and others participated in a scheme to file false claims to obtain unearned benefits from an insurance program that compensates service members who suffer serious and debilitating injuries while on active duty. Additionally, Villarroel was ordered to pay $180,000 he received in kickbacks..