Charleston man who claimed to be veteran and defrauded the VA is sentenced [View all]
A Charleston man who falsely claimed to be a combat veteran and scammed the Department of Veterans Affairs out of nearly $200,000 in benefits has been sentenced.
Keith R. Hudson, 71, will serve six months in federal prison and six months of home confinement, Sherri Lydon, U.S. attorney for South Carolina, announced Wednesday.
“Evidence presented to the court showed that Hudson falsely claimed that he was entitled to VA benefits because he was a veteran who had been in combat in Vietnam,” according to Lydon’s announcement. “He even went so far as to claim that he had received two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star.”
In all, he received $197,237 in benefits, the announcement said.
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