BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC ) - A woman has been indicted on charges related to stealing money from the United States government and lying to special agents from the Veterans Affairs Office.

According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the VA provides monthly benefit payments to eligible surviving spouses of dead veterans via the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits program.

To be eligible for the DIC benefits program, a surviving spouse must meet several requirements, including having been married to a veteran at the time of the veteran’s death.

According to court documents, Shelia Sager applied for, and received, DIC benefit payments from the VA as a surviving spouse of a dead veteran.

Documents say that Sager knew she and the veteran were divorce

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