Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes and 43 other attorneys general signed a letter urging U.S. Congressional leaders to support benefits that would protect veterans from financial exploitation.
, known as the G.U.A.R.D. VA Benefits Act, would impose criminal penalties on anyone who charges veterans money to help them with their benefits applications through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Those who charge veterans money to help with their benefits applications are required by federal law to be accredited by the VA Office of General Counsel — but penalties for violating that law were removed in 2006.President Joe Biden speaks Thursday at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City on the anniversary of the passing of the PACT Act.
In their letter, the attorneys general urge Congress to reinstate those penalties and to protect veterans from "predatory actors who seek to profit from veterans' service and sacrifice with total disregard for the laws designed to protect those veterans and their benefits." "Our veterans deserve to be honored, not disproportionately targeted for financial victimization," the letter states.
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