Inmate called VA clinics from jail phones in elaborate scam
By: Matt White | Published: 2026-07-16 10:30:00 | Source: taskandpurpose.com
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A Washington inmate used jail phones to call VA medical centers and convince staff members to hand over personal information of seriously ill veterans receiving care at the hospitals.
With a second call, the inmate then tried to scam their close relatives out of money.
Repeating the same scam over 60 times, Darryl Lamont Young, 41, took family members of sick veterans for $8,900…
