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Fri Jan 07,2000

Raymond Aucker under federal indictment for posing as a SEAL.

Aucker hit by charge of altering his record

U.S. prosecutor says former Panther Valley superintendent changed
military certificates.

By CHRIS PARKER
Of The Morning Call

Former Panther Valley School District Superintendent Raymond E. Aucker was charged  Thursday in federal court with falsifying his military records to show he had received a  Vietnam Campaign Medal and Service Ribbon, a Purple Heart and a Navy SEAL medal that doesn't  exist.

Aucker, who moved to Iowa in February after his claims of being a SEAL were exposed as lies,  faces a $100,000 fine and up to a year in prison if found guilty of altering his discharge  papers, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Malachy Mannion.

Aucker "did use, unlawfully possess and exhibit military and naval discharge certificates,  knowing the same to be forged, counterfeited or falsely altered," according to a document  filed in U.S. District Court in Scranton.....

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