Carmine Alexander “Bud” Cannarella

04/2011
Carmine Alexander (Bud) Cannarella.
 
This man continues to make wild claims on the internet and these include that he is innocent and that he is a victim of identity theft.  That he is in fact with the Joint Chiefs of Staff...  that he is going to marry this sick and vulnerable woman and buy her an estate in England worth several millions dollars.  Mr Cannarella is continuing to destroy lives and to lie and manipulate.  He is doing his work on the Allpoetry site.  In the last few months he has operated under the pen names  CaC (for Carmine Alexander Cannarella).  Serpentis, Gone52 and Panthera Leo.  
 
I believe Mr Cannarella should make a public apology on Allpoetry.  He is obviously unrepentant and is thumbing his nose at this site and at his probation requirements. 

The defendant was also purportedly with MAVSOG/5th SFG, etc.  By now, I’m sure you know the false claims of service.  He also had a nice SF ’66 tattoo on his arm (since covered up). 

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/04/big-bear-man
Stolen Valor Act
Man's tales of fame face day of reckoning court
Press-Enterprise
But a veteran who helped write the federal Stolen Valor Act, which prosecutes those who falsely claim medals, said he is not surprised that Cannarella lied ...
Article published May 23, 2010

telegram.com

Con artists frustrate victims
Men posed as generals
 
By Thomas Caywood TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

It felt like a stomach-churning case of déjÀ vu to Diane Reilly of Worcester earlier this year as she read a story about the trail of lies left by a former Paxton man posing as a high-ranking military officer and decorated war hero.

Several years ago, her sister had become entangled with a California man posing as an Army two-star general and a distinguished psychologist. ....


Contact Thomas Caywood by e-mail at tcaywood@telegram.com.

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Distribution

April 16, 2010

André Birotte Jr.

United States Attorney
Central District of California
Thom Mrozek, Public Affairs Officer
(213) 894-6947

thom.mrozek@usdoj.gov

www.usdoj.gov/usao/cac

BIG BEAR LAKES MAN FALSELY CLAIMED TO BE ARMY GENERAL

RIVERSIDE, California – Federal prosecutors have charged a Big Bear Lakes

man with a felony offense of fraudulently using the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff

seal on a business card that he used to falsely claim to be a general in the United

States Army Reserves.

Carmine Alexander “Bud” Cannarella, 64, was named in a criminal information

filed Wednesday in United States District Court. At the same time, prosecutors filed a

plea agreement in which Cannarella agreed to plead guilty to the offense that carries a

potential sentence of five years in federal prison.

In the court documents, Cannarella admits using the seal of the Joint Chief of

Staff on a business card, which he used to falsely claim that he was a general and a

license clinical psychologist. Cannarella presented the business card and a photo of

him in a military uniform to an individual in September 2008. Cannarella, who briefly

served in the military in the 1960s as a Private, has claimed to be a military officer for

many years.

Cannarella will be summoned to appear in federal court for an arraignment on

June 7.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which

received substantial assistance from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

CONTACT: Assistant United States Attorney Charles J. Kovats Jr.

(951) 276-6924

Release No. 10-069