Former Marine F-18 Pilot Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs Received Nearly $150,000 in Fraudulent Disability Benefits

LOUISVILLE, KY—After two days of trial, Dean Anthony Toth, age 38, of Oldham County, Kentucky, pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs by filing a fraudulent claim for military disability benefits, and for structuring bank transactions, United States Attorney Candace G. Hill of the Western District of Kentucky announced today.

Toth served on active duty in the Marine Corps from 1995 to 2004, and was an F-18 pilot who was named the 2003 Marine Instructor of the Year. Toth admitted that between July 2007 and November 2008, he conspired with Daniel Ryan Parker, a former employee of the Disabled American Veterans, to file a fraudulent claim for military disability benefits, claiming that he was deaf in both ears. Parker worked with Jeffrey McGill, a former Department of Veterans Affairs employee, to falsify Toth's file.