Woman Arrested for Defrauding the VA By Falsely Claiming to Be Mother of Deceased Veteran’s Son

If this woman was able to so easily fool the VA for years to receive benefit money it just makes me wonder how much more fraud is going on?:

A woman faked the birth of a son to collect the veterans benefits for 17 years, according to court documents.

The man who the woman claimed was the father of the child was killed in High Point in 2006.

Elizabeth Hayes Cox, 60, claimed she gave birth to the son of Randall Cox, who was a military veteran receiving Veterans Administration benefits, according to an indictment. Records show she claimed Randall Cox’s benefits should be paid to her for child support, and she fraudulently collected $103,000 in benefits from March 2000 through May of this year.  [Stars & Stripes]

You can read the rest at the link, but you would think the VA would ask for something as simple as a birth certificate to prove her claim?