Phony Vet Charities
Texas charges Veterans Support Organization
The Austin American-Statesman reports that a Florida-based veterans service organization, Veterans Support Organization has been charged by the Texas Attorney General with stealing from well-meaning citizens, telling them that their donations would go to local needy veterans. It was those guys standing outside supermarkets. According to the lawsuit, the group raised $2.5 million in the […]
Bobby Thompson sentenced
We’ve been following this story since a year ago last May when it was discovered that the man known as Bobby Thompson was using the charity he founded as his personal checking account. Well, it seems that chapter is over and Thompson enters the final chapter of his life with a 28-year sentence and a […]
Veterans Associate Group at Walmart
Currahee John went to his local WalMart in Alpharetta, GA and ran into Buck Melchi today. This guy was set up outside our local WalMart in Alpharetta, GA, collecting money for the “Veterans Associate Group,” and wearing what looked like a fake VA ID card on top of an absolute travesty of a “uniform.” He […]
“Bobby Thompson” convicted
Andy sends us a link to an Associated Press article in regards to the fraudster known as “Bobby Thompson” but widely believed to be John Donald Cody, a former intelligence agent. We’ve been writing about him since May 2010 when his fake veterans’ organization was unmasked. But a jury convicted him today in Ohio; He […]
Leonard McQuown; Veterans’ Miracle Network liar
A few years back, Virginia warned it’s citizens about phony veterans’ charities. Especially, the Veterans’ Miracle Network, also known as Project Foot and Operation Walk America They all lead back to a single fellow, Leonard “Mac” McQuown who claims that he was a Marine sergeant and now he wants to help homeless veterans. Well, Scotty […]
Buckingham pleads guilty to bilking public for vets’ raffle
We first wrote about Matthew Buckingham in February when he was arrested for a Craigslist scam in Missouri. MCPO Ret. In TN sends us a link today which reports that the little worm pleaded guilty to yet another scam in court yesterday. A number of people responded to Buckingham’s ads [on Craigslist] and he arranged […]
Allied Veterans of the World leader pleads no contest to racketeering
MCPO Ret. in TN sends us a link to an article from the Orlando Sentinel about an organization that I’d never heard about before now. Johnny Duncan, the national leader of the Allied Veterans of the World, pleaded no contest to charges of money laundering and operating an illegal lottery with money that meant for […]
Joseph Gable Wood; pleads guilty to phony charity scam
Joseph Gable Wood pleaded guilty to fraud in a scam that was supposedly to raise money for veterans in Panama City Florida. In a link sent to us by Chip, the News Herald reports that Wood got five years for his trouble. He began collecting money in February 2012 for an event called “Tour De […]
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