ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA)—Six people were charged in conspiracy to defraud veterans and the VA of nearly $20 million from GI Bill benefits, the Department of Justice announced.
The six people charged are:
- Zachary Hiscock, 41, Arizona
- Timothy Slater, 66, Illinois
- Nikhil Patel, 48, Missouri
- Gangadhar Bathula, 59, Virginia
- Arif Hasan Sayed, 54, California
- Kyle Kotecha, 38, Apopka, signed a plea agreement for his role.
According to the indictment, Hiscock, Slater, Patel, Bathula, and Sayed conspired with Kotecha to violate the Department of Veterans Affairs regulations.
The regulations prohibit the predatory practices targeting veterans for their GI Bill tuition benefits.
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According to the DOJ, the six defrauded veteran students and the VA of millions of dollars…