Phony Vet Charities
Marines & Mickey founder John Simpson sentenced
We wrote about John Simpson, the founder of the Marines & Mickey charity last year. He falsely claimed to be a Marine reconman and cheated a lot of people out of a lot of money. He was sentenced in Florida last week; John Simpson, a former Anderson County resident who was accused of lying about […]
Virginia AG files lawsuit against Charles Warren Jr. and Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers
13 News Now reports that Virginia’s Attorney General has filed a law suit against Service Dogs by Warren Retrievers and Charles Warren Jr. for selling poorly-trained puppies under the guise of ‘diabetic alert dogs.’ Attorney General Herring has found more than 50 victims who paid $18,000 to $27,000 for each of their pups. The lawsuit […]
Jose Pazos confronts Veterans and Patriots Citadel Incorporated panhandlers
Jose Pazos confronted some panhandlers in Miami when the former Marine saw them in Army uniforms representing the organization that calls themselves Veterans and Patriots Citadel Incorporated. According to the NBC affiliate, their license to solicit has been suspended by the State of Florida; The Florida Department of Agriculture suspended the authority for Veterans and […]
Wounded Warrior Fund scammers arrested
Bert sends us a link to CNN which reports that four people were arrested in New Albany, Indiana for scamming well-meaning folks with their phony charity named the Wounded Warrior Fund (not the better-known Wounded Warrior Project) out of over $150,000. The four are Joanie Watson, Thomas Johnson and Amy Lou Bennett led by 44-year-old […]
Antonio Colmenares arrested
The Daily Caller reports that Antonio Colmenares, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel, was arrested for lining his pockets with the money he made from selling things meant for homeless veterans in the Miami area. He was the volunteer director of the Miami branch of Florida Veterans Foundation and named the 2017 Military Service Person of […]
Christopher Edwards arrested for scamming vets
Bert sends us a link to the story of Christopher Edwards from Polk County, Florida, who started a vet charity to help veterans pay their electric bills and to help them install solar panels on their homes. Instead, there were no solar panels and it appears that Edwards just pocketed the money he collected, also […]
Christopher P. Blake, Second Chance Veterans Foundation founder arrested
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office tells the story of their arrest of Christopher P. Blake, the founder of Second Chance Veterans Foundation. According to the sheriff’s office, Blake has been making false promises and bouncing checks all over the place. The sheriff initiated the investigation when Blake took a “selfie” with Sheriff Chitwood and the […]
VietNow; charity shuttered
David sends us a link to the Chicago Tribune which reports that the Illinois Attorney General has shut down the Rockford-based veteran charity known as VietNow, but also goes by the name VeteransNow because despite the $15 million that they’ve taken in, only a pittance made it to veterans; he Rockford charity called VietNow National […]
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