Valor Vultures
Robert Cascella; phony SEAL
We talked about Robert Cascella a few weeks ago, when he got into a barricaded stand off with local SWAT members in Churchill, Pennsylvania. For some reason, one of his neighbors thought that Cascella was a Navy SEAL and a combat veteran. The sound of gunfire was in the air as SWAT officers tried to […]
Rodrigo Ibarra Bowman; stolen valor fraud
Earlier this year, Rodrigo Ibarra Bowman was charged with defrauding a customer who had a flat tire. Bowman worked for Riggs Roadside Assistance and Tires Plus in Mankato, Minnesota. After Bowman took care of the customer’s tire, he kept the credit card number and used it to have work done on his own vehicle. The […]
Garry Kaspar; phony Ranger, phony hero
Someone sent us their work on this fellow, Garry Kaspar, who had claimed to folks that he was an Army Ranger on his résumé and to prove his military service, he had one of Bob Neener‘s Silver Star certificates; Well, after we filed for Garry’s records, he turned up dead; We’re not sure what the […]
Mike Sleeper update
Last year, Dave Hardin told you about Mike Sleeper, a school board member in Columbia County, Georgia, who, for some reason, thought that it was important that he told his constituents that he was an Army Ranger. When we exposed him as a liar, he told us all that he was requesting records that would […]
James Henry Kapner; phony SEAL, phony wounded Vietnam veteran
Our partners at Military Phonies share another phony SEAL with us. This one, Jim Kapner, claims that he was wounded while he was serving as a SEAL in Vietnam. Folks wonder how we’re able to spot so many phonies, it’s easy because they begin talking about their secret military records at every opportunity without any […]
Ruben Lopez; phony SEAL
Our partners at Military Phonies share their work on this fellow, Ruben Lopez, who claims that he was a wounded Navy SEAL who participated in the Grenada Operation and Afghanistan in his more than 30 years of Naval service; The Navy doesn’t remember it that way; Ruben Lopez served in the United States Navy from […]
Norbert Keough aka Norbert MacLean and ANZMI
Last year, we wrote about this fellow, Norbert Keough who was known as Norbert Basil McLean III while he was in the US Navy. Within weeks, we started receiving letters and emails from a legal firm in Tasmania threatening to sue us for defamation of the poor fellow. Of course, since Tasmanian courts have no […]
David Jameson; phony SEAL
Our partners at Military Phonies share their work on this fellow, David Alfred Jameson who was honored by Elks Lodge #104 in Newport, Rhode Island for being their Veteran of the Year. Of course, he’s not a SEAL. But he tells folks that he was on social media and in LinkedIn; When he was confronted, […]
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