WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of technology office employees at the Veterans Affairs Department received a total of $24 million in bonuses over a two-year period, some under questionable circumstances, the agency’s inspector general said in scathing reports that also detail abuses ranging from nepotism to an inappropriate relationship.

Sen. Jim Webb wants the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate what he says are numerous reports of misrepresentation of military service, including false prisoner-of-war claims.