--- description: The agency director James B. Comey said agents in Phoenix are heading up the investigation title: FBI Launches Criminal Probe into Veterans Scandal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Military](/tag/military/) ## Military Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # FBI Launches Criminal Probe Into Veterans Affairs Scandal  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2014 9:31 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2014 9:31 PM CUT The Federal Bureau of Investigation is [launching](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/us/fbi-has-begun-criminal-inquiry-in-va-scandal.html "undefined") an inquiry into possible criminal wrongdoing stemming from mismanagement at Veterans Affairs clinics, FBI Director James B. Comey said in congressional testimony Wednesday. “We will follow wherever the facts take us,” Comey said, in response to a question from Rep. Suzan DelBene (D—WA) in a hearing of before the House Judiciary Committee. Stories of falsified records and serious misconduct have continued to surface after it was revealed earlier this year that more than a dozen veterans may have died while awaiting care at a Phoenix VA clinic. An inspector general’s report released Monday found that more than 100,000 veterans have waited longer than 90 days to see a doctor, including 64,000 over the last decade who simply fell through the cracks, never seeing a VA doctor after seeking an appointment. The unfolding scandal brought down former VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, who resigned under pressure from critics on May 30. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2861347/fbi-va-scandal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2861347/fbi-va-scandal/"},"headline":"FBI Launches Criminal Probe Into Veterans Affairs Scandal","datePublished":"2014-06-11T21:31:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:21:52.741Z","description":"The agency director James B. Comey said agents in Phoenix are heading up the investigation","url":"https://time.com/2861347/fbi-va-scandal/","keywords":["Military","Veterans","FBI","Investigation","VA","Vets"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/military/","name":"Military"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2861347/fbi-va-scandal/","name":"FBI Launches Criminal Probe Into Veterans Affairs Scandal"}}]}] ```