news Pennsylvania man sentenced for stealing $427K in test strips from Battle Creek VA

[Veterans News]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Pennsylvania man will spend six and a half years behind bars for conspiring to steal medical products from the Medical Center at Battle Creek Veterans Affairs (VA).

Steven William Anderson Jr., 45, trafficked more than 7,900 boxes of diabetes test strips with help from 53-year-old Battle Creek resident Jennifer Robertson and 57-year-old Jerome resident Michelle McAllister, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office – Western District of Michigan (DOJ). The value of the stolen test strips exceeds $427,000.

The DOJ says Anderson was convicted by a jury of 12 charges in June 2023. The others pleaded guilty and have since been sentenced.

Anderson was sentenced to 78 months, according to the DOJ. He agreed to pay back the total value of the stolen strips in addition to $1.2 million toward resolving civil claims.

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[troppy]

This kind of insider theft (with the DOD) wasn't all that uncommon with contractors (and even Marines). I've just never seen it done on this scale before.