Stolen Valor Act
Ninth Circuit upholds conviction of Valor thief Elven Swisher
Former Marine Elven Swisher told the Veterans Affairs Department that he had been wounded on a secret mission into China or North Korea in 1957, that he had been awarded a secret Purple Heart for the wounds, but that he’d been told to keep it quiet. As a result, he collected a few thousand bucks […]
Alito; Congress should protect valor
The Wall Street Journal reports that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke to the 2014 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Awards gala in Knoxville, TN the other day. As one of the minority of the USSC who voted in favor of the Stolen Valor Act of 2004, Alito urged Congress to strengthen Stolen Valor Laws; […]
Malloy signs CT’s Stolen Valor law
ChipNASA sends a link to the press release from the Connecticut Governor, Dannel P. Malloy announcing that he has signed that state’s Stolen Valor legislation; “Misrepresenting oneself as having served in our military for your own profit is not only disrespectful, but selfish and cannot be tolerated,” said Governor Malloy. “Serving in our military is […]
South Carolina’s Stolen Valor law
South Carolina governor, Nikki Haley, signed that state’s new stolen valor act into law yesterday, according to The Republic. Considering that the state subsidizes a large number of phoney POWs there, prosecutors should be pretty busy enforcing the law; The law signed by Gov. Nikki Haley makes the lie a misdemeanor, with the punishment depending […]
Pucino family: strengthen Stolen Valor Act
You probably remember the story we posted in January about obese POS Brandon Ashraf who impersonated late Army SSG Matthew Pucino on dating websites with Pucino’s Facebook photos. Ashraf was arrested for criminal impersonation, a misdemeanor. Pucino’s surviving family members are pushing to strengthen the Stolen Valor Act passed last year to prevent phonies from […]
Why we can’t get stolen valor prosecuted
Folks have been sending me this link from The Blaze all weekend, about how we should feel sorry for Joseph Matthew Scott, the fellow at San Joachin Delta College who was busted as a phony last week by two real veterans. The California civilian who provoked outrage after donning a military uniform on a college […]
South Carolina to address Stolen Valor
Mary sends us a link to the Augusta Chronical which reports that a South Carolina state representative and veteran Stephen Goldfinch has noticed what we’ve known for a few years; stolen valor has exploded with phonies; Goldfinch, a South Carolina attorney and Navy veteran, said at least 10 veterans and advocacy groups in the Charleston […]
Walter Mitty Richard Lee
Duke sends us a link to the UK’s Daily Mail about a bust by stolen valor buddies at the Walter Mitty Hunt Club. the thief is Richard Lee who formed a running club and promoted it as a former Royal Marine, but, of course, he wasn’t; Mr Lee has admitted that he enrolled in the […]
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