1st Man Sentenced for Draft Lie in Aid Bid
A Vermont wildlife researcher has become the first person prosecuted for lying on a student aid form by saying that he had registered for the draft. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation, ordered to repay a Pell grant of $5,088 and register for the draft as part of a plea bargain, federal officials said Friday.
Carl Veilleux, now 25, pleaded guilty on June 19 in Burlington, Vt., to a single count of entering false statements on a student assistance application in 1985, a misdemeanor, a spokesman for Vermont U.S. Atty. George Terwilliger III said.
Men required to register for the draft who fail to do so are ineligible for federal student aid programs.
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