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Complaint Review: Chesapeake Benefits Group - Internet
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Chesapeake Benefits Group
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Chesapeake Benefits Group John F Wardell II Is this ethical? Arnold, MD 2 Maryland
Chesapeake Benefits Group preys on Veterans with special needs.
When a Veteran is eligible for a pension or service related benefits and it is deemed they are to be paid, there is always lots of paperwork to fill in or file. If a veteran is deemed incompetent to handle these monies, then the VA will select a Fiduciary to handle their bill paying etc.
There are others out there that can be an accredited agent, who cannot handle any of the monies or complete bill pay.
They can only fill-in paperwork and can charge a nominal fee for filing on behalf of the beneficiary!
Chesapeake Benefits Group has a country-wide operation which is preying on veterans who are in the "incompetent" category, they dupe them in supposedly helping with all the paperwork and making their life easier and Chesapeake Benefits bank account larger.
How you may ask?
Simple, they ask the veteran to sign a bank deposit slip which has an account listed, which is not the beneficiaries.
The moneys are either going into a corporate account of Chesapeake Benefits Group of John F Wardell II's personal account.
The veteran then recieves his or her money, less a fee charged, either once a month of the next month. So delay of payment less a fee.
Chesapeake Benefits Group or John F. Wardell II is not authorized by the VA to make such transactions and is outside of his status as an accredited agent.
In fact it goes far further in the acts of Chesapeake Benefits Group, they are pre-filling the forms with additional information, which when signed by the veteran, it allows Chesapeake benefits access to all medical records, including Alcohol and drug abuse, HIV with full medical disclosure. This contravenes the HIPPA laws of the United States of America. Futhermore Chesapeake Benefits change the address for all information without the veterans knowledge.
As for an investigation, oh yes! The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has the details, as do other departments within the VA.
Our veterans serve this nation and are being ripped off by the likes of people like this.
If you have a veteran in your family, check that their monies are really reaching them, if not contact the VA, they will investigate.
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anom
Baltimore,Maryland,
USA
John Wardell
#2Consumer Comment
Wed, January 06, 2016
Most of what is claimed here is complete heresay. About the only thing I would agre with is how slow Mr Wardell and his Associate get back to you. It is one step forward and two steps back with them. My complaint is rarely does anything ever happen when messages are left. MR. Wardell either priorotizes his case in some unknown fashion or is a very disorganized businessman. Do you think if Maybe if I called every day something would get done?
