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Veteran admits faking paralysis to avoid Iraq

Associated Press

Posted on November 6, 2009 at 4:34 PM

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — An Army veteran has pleaded guilty to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq.

Jeffrey Rush pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in East St. Louis, Ill., to charges of fraud conspiracy, mail fraud and making a false statement to a federal agency. Rush now lives in Nashville, Tenn.

The Rushes claimed he lost the use of his legs after a November 2004 rollover crash. That was just weeks before his Army company from Kansas was shipped off to Iraq without him.

Jeffrey Rush went on to collect federal disability benefits. The couple also filed a product-liability lawsuit against Ford over the rollover wreck.

Amy Rush already pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing.

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