Valor Vultures
Jeffrey Epstein – NOT a Navy SEAL
Several media outlets including BusinessInsider.com and the thesun.co.uk are reporting that Jeffrey Epstein dressed as a U.S. Navy SEAL during a birthday party for Princess Beatrice’s 18th birthday party at Windsor Castle. A photo was even published in The Sun that featured disgraced Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein and Epstein’s alleged cohort Ghislaine […]
John DeSomer – Fake POW, 8 Bronze Stars, 4 Purple Hearts
The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on John Edward DeSomer. DeSomer died on November 7, 2019. His obituary got huge distribution across at least 9 newspapers and 3 online news services, if not more. The obituary raised some eyebrows with all the military accomplishments and DeSomer was not listed as a Prisoner of […]
Gregg Ramsdell Pleads Guilty to Stolen Valor
We previously posted about Gregg Ramsdell here when he was charged with stolen valor, but in a brand new development Ramsdell has pleaded guilty to the charges. The Ledger-Enquirer reports that Ramsdell was paid $76,000 for PTSD as a direct result of war events that he now admits he made up. According to the plea […]
Fake SEAL Charged with Defrauding VA Update
Richard Meleski, Career Criminal Late last month Steve posted up the sorry tale of one Richard Meleski, who fraudulently claimed military service as a Navy SEAL, falsely claimed he served in Beirut, and claimed he was both a POW and Silver Star recipient. These claims resulted in his wrongly receiving over $300,000 from the VA, […]
Myke Michaels – Phony Vietnam Vet, Phony SEAL
The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on Myke Ivan Michaels. Michaels is 65 years old as of December 2019 and lives in Studio City, California. On occasion, he is listed as ‘Maysen Michaels’ in addition to Myke Michaels. Michaels works in the film industry as a Hollywood make-up artist, having worked on popular […]
Fake SEAL Charged with Defrauding VA Out of More Than $300K
Several newspapers are reporting that Richard Meleski allegedly faked his service as a Navy SEAL, falsely claimed he served in Beirut, claimed he was both a POW and Silver Star recipient to defraud the VA out of more than $300,000. The Philadelphia Inquirer writes: A 58-year-old Bucks County man was indicted for falsely claiming he […]
UPDATE: Final NTSB Report
Here is the final NTSB report on an incident that occurred last year. https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20180122X32841&ntsbno=ERA18FA064&akey=1 There were a couple of interesting revelations such as the toxicology report and the fact that “the pilot’s wife told investigators that she was unaware that her husband was being treated for mental health issues.” In fact, the entire last paragraph […]
Bob Glaves: Stolen Valor Hurts Everyone
Greg Taylor of the Peninsula Daily News wrote a Point of View article about how Veterans Day is special and he talks about a recent “development” in their community… This summer, the Peninsula Daily News featured a front-page story about a Vietnam veteran riding his motorcycle to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. to […]
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