Staff Report

DRIPPING SPRINGS — A federal jury has found a Dripping Springs woman guilty for defrauding the Veterans Administration and Social Security Administration of over $300,000.

Court documents and evidence presented at trial showed that Josephine Perez-Gorda, 39, defrauded the VA and SSA by overstating the severity and extent of her spouse Justin Perez-Gorda’s disability from October 2011 through August 2017. 

Mr. Perez, who died in January 2022, was an Army veteran who partici...