California trucking school owner pleads guilty to $4.2 million scam to defraud Veterans Affairs Department

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{"text":"The owner of a Chatsworth, California-based truck driving school pleaded guilty to five counts of wire fraud in federal court on July 29, admitting he participated in a scam to bilk the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) out of more than $4 million.\n\nCourt documents allege that Emmit Marshall, 52, owner of the Alliance School of Trucking (AST), along with his co-defendant Robert Waggoner, 56, who served as the school’s director, recruited eligible veterans under the Post-9/11 GI Bill. \n\nMarshall and Waggoner convinced veterans to enroll in their school by telling them “they could collect housing and other fees from the VA without attending the programs,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.\n\nMarshall told FreightWaves on July 31 that his trucking school is still open for business, but is no longer accepting veterans as students. \n\nRead more: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/california-trucking-school-owner-pleads-guilty-to-42-million-scam-to-defraud-veterans-affairs-department ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}