Undocumented immigrant arrested for using dead veteran's identity to get VA benefits
 

Police in Arizona arrested an undocumented immigrant who had been using a deceased veteran?s identity to get medical and Social Security benefits. Rene Ortiz Quintana, 69, took the identity of Ruben J. Gallardo, who has been dead since 1994, to get Social Security, VA and other Federal, state and local benefits since 2012. Quintana received benefits totaling $29,062.19, according to ABC News. Quintana, who has lived in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant for around 50 years, used Gallardo?s information to an Arizona identification card, a state health card, a Phoenix health plan card and a VA choice card. The choice card allows veterans to get medical care at Non-VA facilities. Police charged ...

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Hang in there, Irwin. Only five more days till the first of the month.

And this is just one case..of thousands I suspect.