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    Two employees of the Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, LaTanya Andrews and Peter Turner, were convicted of conspiracy and bribery related to a fraudulent life insurance claim. Andrews accessed an employee's personnel file and placed a forged form naming Turner as the life insurance beneficiary. When the employee died, Turner filed a fraudulent $20,500 claim. In return, Turner paid Andrews $1,000 from the fraudulent proceeds. Both face maximum penalties of up to 15 years in prison and $250,000 fines.

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    Two employees of the Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, LaTanya Andrews and Peter Turner, were convicted of conspiracy and bribery related to a fraudulent life insurance claim. Andrews accessed an employee's personnel file and placed a forged form naming Turner as the life insurance beneficiary. When the employee died, Turner filed a fraudulent $20,500 claim. In return, Turner paid Andrews $1,000 from the fraudulent proceeds. Both face maximum penalties of up to 15 years in prison and $250,000 fines.

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    Two employees of the Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, LaTanya Andrews and Peter Turner, were convicted of conspiracy and bribery related to a fraudulent life insurance claim. Andrews accessed an employee's personnel file and placed a forged form naming Turner as the life insurance beneficiary. When the employee died, Turner filed a fraudulent $20,500 claim. In return, Turner paid Andrews $1,000 from the fraudulent proceeds. Both face maximum penalties of up to 15 years in prison and $250,000 fines.

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    Two employees of the Washington D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, LaTanya Andrews and Peter Turner, were convicted of conspiracy and bribery related to a fraudulent life insurance claim. Andrews accessed an employee's personnel file and placed a forged form naming Turner as the life insurance beneficiary. When the employee died, Turner filed a fraudulent $20,500 claim. In return, Turner paid Andrews $1,000 from the fraudulent proceeds. Both face maximum penalties of up to 15 years in prison and $250,000 fines.

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CRM

    TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2006 (202) 514-2007


    WWW.USDOJ.GOV TDD (202) 514-1888

    Two Defendants Convicted for


    Conspiracy and Bribery
    Involving Federal Employees Group
    Life Insurance Program
    WASHINGTON – A jury in the District of Columbia convicted an employee and a
    volunteer of Washington, D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DCVAMC) on
    charges of conspiring to commit mail fraud and bribery and committing bribery,
    Attorney General Alice S. Fisher for the Criminal Division announced today.

    LaTanya Andrews was a payroll technician for DCVAMC and Peter Turner was a
    volunteer driver for the organization. The jury found that Turner and Andrews
    conspired to file a forged Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) form
    falsely designating Turner as a life insurance beneficiary in the official personnel
    folder of a seriously ill employee of the DCVAMC. Turner then filed a fraudulent
    claim when the employee died, and obtained payment from the FEGLI program of
    approximately $20,500 – funds that should have been paid to the deceased
    employee’s parents. The jury further found that Andrews used her official position
    within the DCVAMC payroll office to access the official personnel folder of the
    deceased employee and cause the false beneficiary form to be placed in that folder.
    In return for Andrew’s assistance in the scheme, Turner paid her $1,000 from the
    proceeds of his fraudulent claim.

    The Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) program is a term life
    insurance program operated by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for
    federal employees, including employees of the DCVAMC.

    Sentencing for Turner and Andrews has not been set. The maximum penalties for
    the charges are as follows: Violation of the conspiracy statute is punishable by up to
    five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both. Violation of the bribery
    statute is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both.

    The case was prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by
    Trial Attorneys Daniel A. Petalas and Ann C. Brickley of the Public Integrity
    Section, headed by Brenda K. Morris, Acting Chief.
    The case was investigated jointly by the Office of Personnel Management, Office of
    the Inspector General, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the
    Inspector General.

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    06-484

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