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Mack Cole Jr. was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for health care fraud, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Western District of Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-wdtx\/pr\/san-antonio-man-sentenced-federal-prison-scheme-defraud-veterans-affairs-disability\">announced Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole, 54, told his doctors at the Veterans Affairs Department that he couldn\u2019t walk. But he was convicted in June after video recordings showed him mowing his lawn and walking around his driveway without the assistance of a wheelchair, the Justice Department said in a statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal jury convicted Cole of four counts of health care fraud and two counts of making false statements in a matter involving a health care benefit program, according to the Justice Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the prison term, Cole has been ordered by the court to pay more than $375,000 in restitution to the Veterans Benefits Administration, as well as almost $60,000 to the Veterans Health Administration. Cole will also be placed on supervised release for three years following his prison sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cole was deployed with the Kansas Army National Guard to Kosovo in 2004. 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