VA Office of the Inspector General - Investigating Fraud

Investigation
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As the associate director of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Dr. Deo Rampertab conducted veterans’ healthcare quality oversight. Dr. Deo Rampertab's experience also includes a position as a staff podiatric surgeon with a VA provider in Fresno, California. 

Working to stop people from stealing resources intended for legitimate veterans affairs initiatives, the VA OIG carries out investigations into fraud that lead to serious federal charges and large settlements. In March 2019, a man who stole nearly $300,000 in federal benefits intended for his mother, who died in 1981, was sentenced to six months in prison.

Another recent VA OIG investigation discovered that a man had feigned blindness for years to defraud the VA of more than $1.2 million. After pleading guilty in April 2019, the Colorado resident was sentenced to 12 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution. 

For more information about the VA OIG and its anti-fraud work, visit www.va.gov/oig.