Phony Vet Charities
Veterans Support Organization under scrutiny again
Someone sent us a link to story at WPTV in Palm Beach County, Florida in regards to a veteran who confronted a fellow soliciting near a Publix store there. The fellow was soliciting for a group called Veterans Support Organization. The veteran who confronted him was Andy Rubenstein, a Desert Storm veteran who asked the […]
“Bobby Thompson” sentence amended
Chief Tango sends us a link to the Associated Press story about how the appeals court amended the sentence of a man who identifies himself as “Bobby Thompson”. His actual name is John Donald Cody and he was convicted of swindling folks out of a hundred million bucks in 2013 using his United States Navy […]
Andrew Fortner; 8 years for phony fund raising
Someone sent us a link on our Facebook page about this Andrew Fortner fellow, a former sergeant in the Army Reserves, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in Missouri for pretending to take donations for the Wounded Warrior Project; In 2013, Fortner was twice captured on surveillance footage at the St. James, Missouri, […]
Indiana cracks down on scam charities
Mary sends us a link to Courthouse News Service which reports that the Indiana attorney general is going after three veteran charities; Indiana sued Sandbox Veterans of America, Catholic Veterans of Indiana, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Inc., in Allen County Court. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Inc. is a “sham group” […]
James Ray Davis; phony charity, phony submariner
Scotty sends us his work on James Ray Davis who run the Veterans For Change charity and he claims that he is a veteran of the Navy’s submarine service; Well, his charity is not what it seems to be, according to Scotty; Mr. Jim Davis Self proclaimed founder and CEO of Veterans For Change, for […]
UK conman pockets 1/2 million in cash
Mary sends us a link to a story in the UK’s Daily Mail about 51-year-old Christopher Copeland who set up collection stations for “Help For Heroes” veteran charity outside of supermarkets from 2010 to 2011 and racked in over a-half-million bucks in donations that went straight into his pockets; The teams would use Copeland’s fleet […]
Family veteran scam busted
Son and mother Brian and Andrea Michaud of Double Up Promotions Inc. in Milwaukee have been accused of selling coupon books in the area to local business. The proceeds of those sales were supposed to “benefit Wisconsin disabled veteran and veteran outreach programs”, but instead, were used to pay off gambling debts and child support. […]
MA Police arrest Harvey Malbaurn for soliciting donations
Someone on Facebook sent us a link to this story about Harvey Malbaurn who was dressed in “military style fatigues” and collecting money for “Focus on Veterans” charity outside a Dunkin Donuts in Massachusetts when an observant police officer saw him, made a donation, and struck up a conversation with the 67-year-old. Malbaurn said the […]
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