US Attorney Duane A. Evans, announced that Marc Quiroz, a resident of Covington, was charged by bill of information with one count of wire fraud.
According to the charging document, he co-owned and operated a company called VetAttend of Jackson where he purported to provide services to Veterans for home aid and assistance.
His co-conspirators, James Thomas Sinyard, Jr., a/k/a Jay Sinyard, and Mary Gigi Sinyard, a/k/a Gigi Sinyard, were charged by bill of information on February 14.
According to the bill of information, Quiroz submitted fraudulent affidavits for home aid services provided when he knew that those services were not actually provided. As part of the scheme to defraud, beginning in or about April 2013 and continuing until at least July 2018, he did knowingly devise and intend to devise a scheme to defraud the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Affairs).
During the scheme, Veterans Affairs issued funds to over 300 veterans and/or their surviving spouses from whom Quiroz fraudulently appropriated monies, without the knowledge of the veterans, totaling approximately $4,065,969.
If convicted, Quiroz faces a possible maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment, up to five years of supervised release, and up to a $250,000 fine.
