NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - A Brooklyn man has been found guilty of fraud for posing as a disabled veteran in order to win federal construction contracts worth more than $16 million, authorities said on Thursday.

John Raymond Anthony White, 46, falsely claimed he was disabled and a veteran between 2007 and 2010 in a scheme to qualify for government construction contracts for the Veterans Administration in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, court documents said.

The contracts were limited to small businesses owned by veterans or disabled veterans.

White, who has never served in the military, "exploited valuable resources intended for the men and women who put their lives on the line for our country and are often disabled as a result," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.

White was also found guilty of making false statements and tampering with a witness to cover up the scheme.

Court documents said he told investigators that an Army veteran was actually the majority owner of his business, Mitsubishi Construction Corp., then tried to persuade the reputed unidentified veteran to claim to be the majority owner, even though he was not.

White faces up to 75 years in prison when he is sentenced on July 20.

(Reporting by Bernd Debusmann Jr.)