It's supposedly a law group that serves to expedite VA financial asst for veterans and their spouses. I have submitted all of the appropriate forms and $1450 for the AVA fee. Seven months later, the only response is a repeated "It should be approved very soon" every month. Have I been defrauded?
If you prefer, PM me the address of the firm and I'll see what I can find out for you.
Did you provide information on assets as well? This is how these groups rope people in - they pretend to provide the application assistance for free, but require information on assets as part of application completion. Then they try to move the assets into financial products that benefit them or some entity with which they're affiliated.
Notwithstanding the fact that it often takes a long time for an application to be processed by the VA, I do think you've been defrauded, especially if you don't have a significant amount of assets from which this group can benefit.
I did some quick checking but couldn't find anything related to VA fraud by this company; however I do remember reading something in one of the posts here.
Spend some time doing research, contact the VA and ask if the application was ever filed. If not, send a certified letter to the AVA and demand copies of all the applications & data they prepared, as well as a return of your funds. If they won't, contact the VA; I believe it also has a fraud department. Contact your state's Attorney General and the FTC as well.
Google "VA Fraud" and you'll get hits on how to report fraud, but make sure that you've laid the groundwork by demanding that the AVA provides you with copies of documentation first as well as confirming that the VA hasn't received the application and paperwork.
If the VA confirms no receipt of the application, contact one of the service organizations to help you for free.