{"id":28075,"date":"2020-03-16T16:23:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T16:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/03\/16\/marine-veteran-faces-federal-charges-in-alleged-va-business-fraud\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:52:47","slug":"marine-veteran-faces-federal-charges-in-alleged-va-business-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/03\/16\/marine-veteran-faces-federal-charges-in-alleged-va-business-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine veteran faces federal charges in alleged VA business fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 51-year-old Marine veteran was indicted recently on charges she committed fraud to obtain government contracts with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/06\/21\/crisis-in-counseling-how-va-leadership-is-driving-combat-veteran-counselors-to-burnout\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> for a company providing flooring and furniture over a seven-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valerie Gonzalez, of Tucson, Arizona, faces seven counts of wire fraud and one count of making a false statement on a VA vendor verification form, according to a justice department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-ks\/pr\/indictment-arizona-veteran-committed-fraud-obtain-government-contracts\" target=_blank>statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/02\/27\/former-va-official-sentenced-for-federal-contract-bribery-scheme\/\" target=_blank>If convicted<\/a>, Gonzalez faces up to 20 years in federal prison and $250,000 fines for each of the eight counts. 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There has not yet been another hearing date set, according to court records.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/03\/16\/va-employee-convicted-in-19-million-home-health-fraud\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635695463470389701-photo-gaveljpeg.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA employee convicted in $19 million home health fraud<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p 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