1.7K recruiters suspected of abusing reward program
(NEWSER) - Pentagon fraud investigators believe large numbers of recruiters used the Army's efforts to boost its ranks to boost their own bank accounts. Internal documents show that more than 1,700 recruiters are suspected of defrauding an Army National Guard and Reserve program that paid $2,000 bounties to civilian or soldier "recruiting assistants" who brought in new enlistees, the Washington Post finds. The recruiters, unable to claim the bounty themselves, are accused of colluding with assistants to claim rewards for people who had already decided to enlist. More»
