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http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1289765.html
THE AREA | Swindlers focus on military families Scammers are using information gleaned from online social networking sites to make targets of relatives of U.S. military personnel, the FBI says. Relatives, specifically grandparents, of deployed military members have been contacted by imposters purporting to be their deployed relative. The impostor says he is returning home on leave but asks them not to say anything so their families can be surprised. Soon, the impostor contacts the relatives again, saying the service member’s car broke down and asks the relative to wire money for repairs.... |
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Published: June 25, 2009 TAMPA - A 62-year-old Palm Bay man pleaded not guilty this afternoon to a charge he falsely claimed to have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Gary B. Amster faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine if convicted of representing verbally and in writing that he was awarded the nation's highest military award for valor.... |
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Accused
con man surfaces as 'general'
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA Reached through an e-mail address listed on the phony card, Mr. mcmanus acknowledged in a telephone interview from Florida that he owes a lot of money to ... not to be confused with kevin joseph mccmanus, former pow |
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http://www.pownetwork.org/phonies/phonies506.htm MULTIPLE ARTICLES/TV Coverage on Jeff Muller in PA |
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Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090618/NEWS01/706189914&news01ad=1#Murder.suspect.not.the.military.veteran.he.claims.to.be Murder suspect not the military veteran he claims to be He called himself "Gunny" and reportedly told his pals in the Minutemen American Defense border-watch group that he was a decorated Special Forces veteran who'd survived combat in Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq.Instead, there is no record that Jason Eugene Bush served in the military as he claims, spokesmen at the Pentagon said Wednesday. Court records reveal Bush, 34, to be a sometimes-violent ex-convict who spent much of his teens and early 20s behind bars, and once told the court he had long-standing problems with debilitating mental illness..... Reporter Scott North: 425-339-3431; north@heraldnet.com. |
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Arizona Daily Star
A former administrator at Tucson’s veterans hospital was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $365,000 from hospital coffers between 2002 and 2006. Connie Sue Wilkinson, 55, former clinical director of education, training and development for the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, also was ordered to repay the stolen money, which she largely squandered on shopping sprees. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tucson, Arizona - Connie S. Wilkinson, 54, of Tucson, Ariz., was sentenced here Monday by U.S. District Judge David C. Bury to 27 months in federal prison, and ordered to pay restitution of $365,816 to the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System. Wilkinson pleaded guilty on October 2, 2008 to Theft of Public Money, Wire Fraud and Mail Fraud..... |
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A jump from the truth?Vet’s account of ’44 air drop over France questioned
Howard Manoian, 84, whose accounts of a parachute landing on D-Day
in France, have recently been questioned.
A man whose accounts of landing behind enemy lines as a paratrooper on D-Day earned him ample press attention may have fabricated them, according to a newspaper report and military records...... |
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May
19 - OREGON:
Mike Francis wrote a piece for the "Oregonian" titled:
"Congrats to USMC Lance Corporal Jesse W. Bruce" noting
among other things: "Got
the word this week that Lance Corporal Jesse Bruce, an Oregon City
High School graduate who now lives in the Spokane area, has been
awarded the Navy Cross with Valor for his actions in the battle of
Fallujah in 2004….Here's the text of the citation, relayed via a
relative: 'This is to certify that the President of the United States
has awarded the Navy Cross with Valor to Lance Corporal Jesse W. Bruce
for his actions against the enemy in Al Fallujah, Iraq on June 24th,
2004.'" After
being made aware that Mike Francis is NOT among the 22 Marines who
have received the Navy Cross in the Global War on Terrorism, Mr.
Francis deleted the story and published an apology.
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http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-druggist-appeals-records-ruling/article/3376800
Oklahoma City druggist appeals records ruling
BY JAY F. MARKS
Published: June 11, 2009
Pharmacy murder suspect Jerome Jay Ersland will ask a state appeals court to block prosecutors from obtaining copies of his military records, his attorney said Wednesday..... Ersland, 57, has described himself as a disabled Gulf War veteran, but The Oklahoman has learned he left the U.S. Army before the war began. ... Ersland admitted last week he had misrepresented his military service. He said he was a liaison officer for the Air Force during the war...... |
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http://greensboro.rhinotimes.com/Articles-i-2009-04-09-193660.112113_Perkins_In_Own_Private_Idaho.html
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Scottsdale man accused of impersonating war
hero
Associated Press - June 11, 2009 2:54 PM ET
PHOENIX (AP) - Authorities have arrested a Scottsdale man who they say pretended to be a highly decorated Marine, wearing a uniform and ribbons representing the prestigious Navy Cross and Silver Star. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said Thursday that 31-year-old John William Rodriguez was booked into Maricopa County jail Wednesday and faces 13 charges of felony fraud schemes...... |
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By
Nok-Noi Ricker
BDN Staff BANGOR, Maine — A 58-year-old
woman who collected 18 months’ worth of veterans benefits sent to
her dead aunt must pay back the government and serve a short prison
sentence, according to her sentence imposed Monday in federal court. |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31130493// Dance With The DevilA wife is trapped in her husband's mysterious web of deception
By Dennis Murphy
Correspondent
Dateline NBC
updated 7:10 p.m. CT, Sun.,
June 7, 2009
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I
don’t find anyone with the surname ......................... who got
the NX in Korea. He is not listed by Blakeney. Any chance this was a
late award and one we’ve missed, or is this Number
EIGHT for phony NX recipients this Memorial Day? |
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http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=63172
Veteran imposter says he did no harmDrifter lied about Iraq service, PTSDRick Duncan spoke passionately and knowledgeably about homeless veterans and he knew well the intricacies of the Department of Veterans Affairs. He even helped found the Colorado Veterans Alliance...... |
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A Deception, and a Reluctance to Ask Questions |
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http://www.gazette.com/articles/strandlof-55969-story-deception.html
Marine impostor's deception began years agoThe troubled past of Rick Strandlof
June 6, 2009 - 7:09 PM
The Denver Post
A tattoo of an angel illustrates his right leg. A devil decorates
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http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_12537680?source=commented-
Many faces of 'fake vet' Rick Strandlof exposed
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http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=117130&catid=339
Fake vet admits he didn't tell truth, blames mental illnessEL PASO COUNTY - The man who successfully duped politicians, veterans and advocate groups into believing he served three tours in Iraq admits he did not always tell the truth. "I admit that not everything I said was as factual as I wish it had been," said Rick Strandlof in an exclusive interview with 9Wants to Know. "Some assertions made in public were not true," he said...... If you have information or would like to contact 9Wants to Know reporter Jace Larson, e-mail him at jace.larson@9news.com or call 303-871-1432. |
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http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_06_06_Phony_paratrooper_to_be_feted_by_French:_D-Day_vet_‘misrepresented_his_service_/srvc=home&position=3
Phony paratrooper to be feted by FrenchD-Day vet ‘misrepresented his service’
By Richard Weir
Saturday, June 6, 2009 - An Army veteran who has masqueraded as a D-Day paratrooper for decades is due to receive France’s highest military award, although records reveal the 84-year-old Lowell native didn’t jump into Normandy on June 6, 1944. Howard Manoian’s gripping accounts of landing behind enemy lines with the elite 82nd Airborne Division have been widely reported by the Herald, The Boston Globe and other newspapers..... |
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