Ex-soldier gets 6 years for defrauding Army

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Ex-soldier gets 6 years for defrauding Army
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Oct 16, 2008 6:05:48 EDT

SAVANNAH, Ga. — A former Fort Stewart soldier has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for defrauding the Army out of a $100,000 insurance benefit by claiming that his wife had died.

U.S. District Judge B. Avant Edenfield on Tuesdsay upped the sentence by more than a year above federal guidelines, giving Ingerberth Baird 70 months behind bars after finding that he lied on the witness stand and was unrepentant.

The 38-year-old Baird was convicted in January of conspiracy, making false claims and mail fraud by claiming Nicolette Baird was killed in a car crash after traveling to her native Trinidad in Sepember 2002 for a family funeral.

The FBI found Baird living with his wife in Cunupia, Trinidad, in April 2003. He was extradited to the U.S. last year.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/10/ap_soldier_fraud_101508/%2e