Fraud rampant in veterans preference contracts

By Mark Flatten
Published August 5, 2013 4:00am ET
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Fraud rampant in veterans preference contracts
Warren Parker's company, Silver Star Construction, won more than $7 million in federal contracts as a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business, despite Parker never seeing combat.

First of a five-part series.

Warren Parker parlayed a heroic war record into millions of dollars in federal contracts, cashing in on a preference program that limits or eliminates competition for small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.

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