Marine Corps Poser
Semper Fib: Stolen Valor and Forged Documents
Go big or go home! Finally, we get an individual that steps up to the plate and checks off all the boxes. Forged DD-214, photos of him in combat zone, full USMC dress blue uniform, medals, Membership in Marine Corps League, high enlisted rank, rescuing comrade from a burning car, etc. Scamouflage: How a disgraced […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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