Two more accused of role in $270,000-plus theft from John Cochran VA in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS • Two more defendants have been added to a criminal case that claims that former employees and contractors ripped off the John Cochran VA Medical Center.
The U.S. Attorney's office said that David Graham, 24, of DeSoto, was arrested Wednesday and Tony Pedretti, 43, of Whiting, Indiana, was arrested last week. Both were indicted Jan. 4 on a felony charge of conspiracy to defraud the U.S.
As the Post-Dispatch reported last month, a former employee and contractor, Scott Geary, 54, of DeSoto, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiracy to steal government funds and admitted conspiring with a VA official to bill for unnecessary work.
The conspiracy cost the government more than $270,000, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Albus said in court at the time.
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