Money recovered in possible scam helps vets

Associated Press

COLUMBUS

Nine veterans charities have received $76,000 recovered in an Ohio investigation into a possible scam that solicited millions from donors across the country by promising the money would help veterans.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says his office made a $6,000 grant Wednesday to the Missing in America Project that works to identify and bury unclaimed cremated veterans’ remains.

It’s the last of the nine charities to receive funds from the probe of the now-defunct U.S. Navy Veterans Association.

DeWine’s office says a court had ordered the money go to organizations that benefit veterans.