I love these things. More VA deception. Millions, indeed billions are being save by this arm of the vA. Only one problem. The monetary fines imposed that vA is realizing are phantom income. As the miscreants are all imprisoned, their ability to remunerate the government is severely compromised. Assuming that they absconded with the bucks and spent them gambling or on drugs, the money has vamoosed. Any hope of liquidating assets is time-intensive and costs more money to prosecute.

The DEA/Koresh dilemma of involving the OIG in felony pursuit and arrest for civil/criminal crimes unrelated to VA is disturbing. Forty years ago we called this mission creep. Now it’s a cutting edge criminal apprehension program. I think perhaps their efforts would be best spent uncovering the labyrinth of deceit that will bubble up when they are asked to investigate $78 million (or more) worth of Human Resources playcations dating back to 2005.

Perhaps a detailed, investigative attempt to learn about the horrendous backlog. I’d like to see them insert an operative into the VA Rater’s pool in an RO and become a fly on the wall. Nah. Never happen.

Black hole of OIG money