Jury: SC Man Exaggerated Impairment, Scammed Govt of $1.5M
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Blythewood man has been convicted of scamming federal agencies out of more than $1.5 million by exaggerating the impairment of his multiple sclerosis. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 45-year-old Dennis Paulsen was convicted Monday. Paulsen was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and discharged from the Navy in the early 1990s. Prosecutors say Paulson was unsatisfied with…
