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Fake Veteran Sentenced

| May 22, 2023 | 30 Comments
Fake Veteran Sentenced

An Arizona man posing as a U.S. Marine veteran and Purple Heart recipient was recently sentenced to 10.5 years in prison. Prescott Man Found Guilty by Jury of Fraud and Forgery May 17, 2023  |  ADI Staff Reporter On Monday, May 15, 2023, John Hoyt Fullen, 42, of Prescott was sentenced to 10.5 years in […]

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Matthew Morton – Phony Wounded Combat Action Marine

| April 10, 2023 | 80 Comments
Matthew Morton – Phony Wounded Combat Action Marine

  The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on this Matthew Michael Morton fella. Morton comes to us from Florissant / Saint Louis, Missouri. At the time of this writing, April 2023, Morton is 48 years old. Morton wrote a book titled “Adaptive Bodybuilding” in which he claims he “spent 5 years in the […]

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NYT: Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine

| March 26, 2023 | 44 Comments
NYT: Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine

We recently wrote about James Vasquez, but the New York Times just featured a story about Vasquez and others – painting a picture of an epidemic of Stolen Valor U.S. wannabes going to Ukraine to fight *cough*. Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker People who would not be allowed […]

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John Loveridge – Another Phony Beirut Survivor -Updated

| March 3, 2023 | 95 Comments
John Loveridge – Another Phony Beirut Survivor -Updated

The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on John D. Loveridge. Loveridge has several current addresses that are in Rochester NH and Andover MA. At the time of this writing, he is 57 years old. Some folks might be under the impression that he was in Beirut.  I do not know Johnny and I […]

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Guilty: Fake Marine Cons Elderly Couple Out of $320K

| January 20, 2023 | 117 Comments
Guilty: Fake Marine Cons Elderly Couple Out of $320K

Several news outlets are reporting that they have sentenced a man after they found him guilty of conning an elderly couple out of $320K by claiming he was a Marine. Fake ‘Marine’ Who Conned Elderly Bucks Couple For $320K Learns Fate Mac Bullock | 01/19/2023 The conman who posed as a US Marine Corps veteran […]

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Phony Veteran’s Day Story – What’s the Deel?

| November 16, 2022 | 162 Comments
Phony Veteran’s Day Story – What’s the Deel?

Veterans Day always seems to have a lot of people coming out of the woodwork.  It becomes a marriage of reporters wanting to meet the public’s demand for a feel-good story appropriate for the day and those people that are all too willing to fill that void, even if it isn’t true. Ronald Deel came […]

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Rich Johnson – Stolen Valor Double Dipper

| October 24, 2022 | 246 Comments
Rich Johnson – Stolen Valor Double Dipper

  The folks at MilitaryPhony send us their work on Richard Elmer Johson.  It seems that little Dickie here has been making a Richard of himself and should probably stick to playing with his Johnson in private.  Johnson was featured in the November 12, 2020 issue of the magazine “The Flagship” as a nominee in […]

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Marine Apologizes for Lying About Military Service

| August 8, 2022 | 97 Comments
Marine Apologizes for Lying About Military Service

“I have a lot of good in my heart.” — Paul “PJ” Herbert — “I’ve done a lot for the community. I’ve done a lot for veterans.” — Paul “PJ” Herbert — A former U.S. Marine apologized once he was caught lying about his military service. Former Marine from Buckland apologizes for lying about military […]

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