MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that DENISE WOODARD, age 59, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years probation for MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2). WOODARD was also ordered to pay $42,684 in restitution.
The charge arose from an investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General. The defendant pled guilty to an Information in June, 2015.
The Information alleged that on or about Feb. 1, 2012, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant did knowingly make and cause to be made a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and representation in a matter within the jurisdiction of the Department of Veteran Affairs, an agency of the United States, in that on a Department of Veteran Affairs form known as "Improved Pension Eligibility Verification Report" DENISE WOODARD stated she was receiving no income, when in truth and fact, as defendant well knew, she was receiving pension benefits from another source.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.
Assistant United States Attorney Chris Wilson represented the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
