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Want my money back. and i -- my family has sacrificed so much, and now we're struggling to pay even our house payments. >> it all started when a federal investigation found enlistment officers committing fraud, in california, the fbi went after master sergeant tony jaffe who pleaded guilty to charges. her efforts alone added up to $15.2 million in illegal payouts and loan repayments to california guards man. jaffe has gone to prison but now the department of defense is going further. much further. going after the soldiers to pay back their bonuses. they were promised and earned. chris van mete...

>> reporter: it all the started when a federal investigation found enlistment officers committing fraud. in california, the fbi went after master sergeant tony jaffe who pleaded guilty of fooils filing false and malicious claims, adding up to $15.5 million in illegal pay out and loan repayments to california guardsmen. jaffe has gone to prison. now, inexplicably the department of defense is going further, much further, going after the solders to pay back their bonuses they were promised and earned. chris van meter served his country an kpla six years and was forced to pay back $46,000. >> you ...

>> reporter: chris van meter, a former army sergeant, earned a purple heart in iraq. he's refinanced his home to cover the $46,000 the military says he shouldn't have gotten. >> i think we really got screwed. i think it was a slap in the face. >> reporter: both were members of the california national guard, entilesed by the guard to re-up with bonuses of $15,000 or more when the pentagon was trying to fill the all-volunteer force from 2006 to 2008. only after the incentives were paid did the pentagon realize not all soldiers qualified. >> in most cases the soldiers didn't do anything wrong. >>...