Valor Vultures
Marines & Mickey founder John Simpson sentenced
We wrote about John Simpson, the founder of the Marines & Mickey charity last year. He falsely claimed to be a Marine reconman and cheated a lot of people out of a lot of money. He was sentenced in Florida last week; John Simpson, a former Anderson County resident who was accused of lying about […]
Nonprofit to wear clothing other than military uniforms
NBC Miami reports that a nonprofit organization, the Veterans and Patriots Citadel Incorporated, in reaction to charges of “Stolen Valor” has announced that they won’t be panhandling for donations in military uniforms. The change comes after the Miami-Dade County Commissioner’s Military Affairs Board sent a warning to the public, urging them to help veterans organizations […]
Diomonte Demetrius Jean in the news
Last year we wrote about Diomonte Demetrius Jean who pretended to be an Air Force PJ. He made the news in Florida this week when he was caught on Homestead Air Reserve Base pretending to be an airman Jean’s godmother says he has pretended to be in the military for years, worn fatigues and even […]
Ron Worthey gets his time in the spotlight
Last week, we busted Ron Worthey for lying about special forces service in Vietnam, this week he gets the fame and attention that he wanted from his local media at WAOW; WAOW – Newsline 9, Wausau News, Weather, Sports The Wausau-based veterans group Souls of Honor is disbanding, following fraud accusations of its former president […]
Anthony Gradi; phony Marine
Our partners at Military Phonies sent us their work on this Anthony Gradi fellow who claims to be a Marine; The Marines responded “Who?” The National Personnel Records Center, which would hold Gradi’s records based on the time frame he would have served on active duty, could find no records indicating that Gradi served in […]
John Wesley Byer; phony SEAL
One of our ninjas shared his work on this John Byers fellow who claims to be a Navy SEAL and he claims that he was wounded twice in Desert Storm, according to his forged DD214; He also awarded himself a Bronze Star Medal. The National Personnel Records Center doesn’t remember it like that, though. They […]
Mark Fisette; phony combat veteran
Someone sent us their work on this plus-sized Mark Fisette fellow who claims that he’s a sergeant major, a Grenada veteran, a Just Cause veteran, etc…. Do you need a super-sized model for your next movie? Well, the truth is that Fisette spent less than four years on active duty – all before the Grenada […]
Ron Worthey; phony SF Vietnam vet
Someone sent us their work on this Ron Worthey fellow who claims that he was with 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam. He’s the President of Souls of Honor. He claims that he was awarded a Purple Heart and a Silver Star. You can see them pinned to his cap in the picture above. When […]
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