While there are programs run by the VA to help veterans avoid getting taken advantage of, the GAO says it's not doing enough. (Photo: Shutterstock)
You'd think that leaving a battle zone would eliminate the target on a GI's back—but you'd be wrong.
Especially if said GI came home with federal benefits.
A report in Greenville Online details some of the financial schemes that target veterans and military retirees, preying on their assets—government benefits, pensions, disability payments, etc.—and using their weaknesses—lack of financial sophistication, even PTSD—to do it.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
