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Bill Hayden reportedly claimed to be a SEAL. Retired Navy SEAL says, “Nope!”

| February 29, 2024 | 103 Comments
Bill Hayden reportedly claimed to be a SEAL. Retired Navy SEAL says, “Nope!”

Bill Hayden, Sussex County Commissioner, stated that he was leaving the Republican Party. This comes in the aftermath of four of his fellow Republicans voting to censure him for misconduct. The censure also included allegations of stolen valor. Hayden claimed to be a Navy SEAL and he also claimed to be a Marine. The article […]

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John Watts – SEAL Team NONE

| April 3, 2023 | 90 Comments
John Watts – SEAL Team NONE

The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on this John Oscar Watts fella.  Watts wrote a book about his supposed time as a black Navy SEAL. It is called “Shadow S.E.A.L. – The True Story of One of the First Black Navy SEALs” which detailed his experience with racism during his time spent in […]

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Verlon James – Fake Navy SEAL

| March 20, 2023 | 105 Comments
Verlon James – Fake Navy SEAL

The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on Verlon James, who claims to have been a Navy SEAL, served in Vietnam and Iraq, and retired after 20 years. James comes to us from Toledo, Ohio and at the time of this writing is 66 years old. James likes to wear a Navy SEAL Trident […]

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Phony SEAL Sentenced

| February 17, 2023 | 13 Comments
Phony SEAL Sentenced

Moon Dance Farm Valor thief Christopher “Rusty” Custer was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution for fraud in Lexington, Kentucky. The phony SEAL’s crimes were first posted by Steve here: Phony SEAL – Custer’s Last Stand II A Lexington man who lied about being a Navy SEAL and put false information on loan […]

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Fake Navy SEAL Scams Victims Out of $1.5 Million

| October 19, 2022 | 14 Comments
Fake Navy SEAL Scams Victims Out of $1.5 Million

Several news outlets are reporting that a California man has pleaded guilty to scamming close to 20 people out of $1.5 Million dollars while falsely claiming he was a Navy SEAL. From Stars and Stripes / The Charlotte Observer: Fake ‘Navy SEAL’ scammed victims out of $1.5 million to buy luxury cars, feds say By […]

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Man Ordered to Stop Falsely Claiming to be Navy SEAL

| July 1, 2022 | 54 Comments
Man Ordered to Stop Falsely Claiming to be Navy SEAL

A Florida man – Joseph Fucheck – has been ordered by the court to stop claiming he was a Navy SEAL as part of his plea deal. Previously, we wrote about Fucheck: * “Former Navy SEAL” and “Head of SWAT Team” Brandishes a Gun – Now Faces Charges * Joseph Fucheck – NOT a Navy […]

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Reyel Simmons – Fake SEAL – Go Big or Go Home

| June 7, 2022 | 97 Comments
Reyel Simmons – Fake SEAL – Go Big or Go Home

We finally have someone that took their fakery to another level. Reyel Devon Simmons, of Dodge Center Minnesota (53 y/o) completed his persona with fake documents, a bug-out bag and a hidden bunker with sniper rifles and other weapons. Minn. man impersonating federal agent on TikTok sentenced to six years The man’s lawyer says his […]

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Phony SEAL Coward

| January 10, 2022 | 162 Comments
Phony SEAL Coward

The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on Leslie Radford Coward.  Coward lives in Middleburg, Florida and is 72 years old at the time of this writing – January 2022.  Coward is originally from Ohio and may still have a residence there in addition to Florida. Most of Coward’s claims are implied by the […]

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