--- title: FBI Launches Criminal Probe into Veterans Scandal description: The agency director James B. Comey said agents in Phoenix are heading up the investigation canonical: https://time.com/2861347/fbi-va-scandal/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-11T21:31:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:21:52.741Z article:section: Politics og:title: FBI Launches Criminal Probe into Veterans Scandal og:description: The agency director James B. Comey said agents in Phoenix are heading up the investigation og:url: https://time.com/2861347/fbi-va-scandal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: FBI Launches Criminal Probe into Veterans Scandal twitter:description: The agency director James B. Comey said agents in Phoenix are heading up the investigation twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # FBI Launches Criminal Probe Into Veterans Affairs Scandal  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Jun 11, 2014 9:31 PM UTC  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Jun 11, 2014 9:31 PM UTC The Federal Bureau of Investigation is [launching](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/us/fbi-has-begun-criminal-inquiry-in-va-scandal.html) 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"}}]}] ```