Phony soldiers
Keith Hudson pleads guilty to VA fraud
70-year-old Keith Hudson pleaded guilty of defrauding the Department of Veterans’ Affairs of $197,237 in benefits after falsely claiming to be a military veteran of combat in Vietnam according to the Department of Justice. Court documents presented during the hearing established that in 2015, Mr. Hudson applied to the VA in Charleston for benefits. He […]
Jerry Harrell; panhandling phony veteran still at it
We wrote about Jerry Harrell almost three years ago when someone spotted him panhandling in Boston, Massachusetts. He was passing himself off as a Vietnam veteran, and the truth is that he has no military service, according to the National Personnel Records Center; Well, he’s back at it again and journalists at the Tuft’s Daily […]
Christopher George Deane; phony Marine
Our partners at Military Phonies share their work on this Christopher Deane fellow who claims to be a Force Recon Marine, like in this article from Yawkey Baseball; In that article, Deane claims that he was a Force Recon Marine and “stationed” in Iraq and Somalia with nine years of service. He’s also made verbal […]
Brian J. McCarthy; phony SEAL
Someone sent us their work on this fellow Brian J. McCarthy of Aurora, Colorado, who claims to be a Navy SEAL. He even provides photos of his adventures like this one; According to Tin Eye, McCarthy snagged that photo from a collection related to Special Boat Unit 20 and that the people in the picture […]
Brian Freeman; phony Marine
Someone sent us their work on this Brian Freeman fellow who thinks he was a Marine Raider. He was using that persona to attract fitness clients. He was fired from his job at Equinox because of his lies; His excuse to his boss was that this persona was to help him deal with stress related […]
Robert Kelly, Canadian phony apologizes
Our partners at Stolen Valour – Canada send us the news that Robert Kelly has apologized to them for his fakery. Well, sort of; He thought he’d earned all of those medals, he thought that he was a paratrooper, you know, even though he doesn’t remember jumping from an aircraft while in flight. He thought […]
Mark Allen Brown; phony Marine
Someone sent us their work on Mark Allen Brown in Washington State who has had some legal problems and he applied for welfare benefits for himself. Each time he claimed to be a veteran of the Marine Corps; According to his records, he spent less than three weeks in the Marine Corps and he received […]
Ray Rodriguez; phony US Navy Lieutenant Commander
There’s this guy in Los Angeles who says that he’s a US Navy Lieutenant Commander, by the name of Ray Rodriguez. He shows up at most veteran events and the local politicians are more than eager to attach themselves to him. Politicians like Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard; And the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; But […]
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