Insurance that delays benefits.......builds the Enron may'd n a flash......waste of time and comity

U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General Office of Investigations South Central Field Office 4040 N. Central Expwy, Suite 500 Dallas, TX 75204-3158

In Reply Refer To: January 10, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (713) 794-3652

Sugarland, TX, Woman Indicted for Tampering with a Government Record

John P. McDermott, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Inspector General (OIG), announced today that Tara Poche, of Sugarland, TX, was Indicted by a Grand Jury seated in Fort Bend County, TX, located in Sugarland, TX, for Tampering With a Governmental Record, a violation of Texas State Penal code, Section 37.10. McDermott stated that the Indictment of Poche is the result of an investigation by his Houston Resident Agency. The Indictment charged that Poche, the wife of a deceased veteran, forged a VA Designation Beneficiary form by listing both herself and her minor child as beneficiaries on her deceased husband's VA life insurance policy. Poche had been previously indicted for the murder of her deceased husband and arson. This case is being prosecuted by the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office, Sugarland, TX.