Newfields Woman Sentenced for Stealing $251,534 in Veteran's Benefits

A Newfields woman was sentenced to a year and one day in federal prison for using $251,534 of her father's veterans benefits for her personal benefit.

U.S. Attorney John P. Kacavas said Amy Greeley, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of misappropriating a veteran's benefits.

Greeley served as the fiduciary for benefits paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs on behalf of her father from September 2002 through June 2011.

As her father’s fiduciary, according to the U.S. Attorney: "Greeley was obligated to use the funds solely for her father’s benefit. Beginning in May 2005 through June 2011, Greeley transferred the funds from the fiduciary account to accounts she controlled and spent the funds for her personal benefit. Greeley filed false annual reports with the VA indicating that the funds were in the fiduciary account. Those reports included the forged signatures of bank officials purportedly certifying the accuracy of the reports."

Greeley was removed as the fiduciary in June 2011, after having stolen approximately $251,534 in benefits. The VA was reimbursed in its entirety before Greeley was sentenced, Kacavas said.