Stolen Valor
Memphis Man Arrested for Stolen Valor
In a plot twist that absolutely no one saw coming (except literally everyone), 30-year-old Damien Flowers has been arrested for pretending to be a member of the U.S. Air Force—a career path that apparently conflicted with his actual full-time job of getting arrested in Mississippi. Flowers’ elaborate military fantasy came crashing down after he submitted […]
Wicker Convicted of Stolen Valor
Wicker… no, not a chair. Remember Mikhail Wicker? We’ve covered this military cosplayer before… here. If you are wondering why we are posting on him again, well… Here’s how justice works, folks: Arrested -> Accused -> Convicted (<– you are here) -> Sentenced -> Orange jumpsuit fashion show. A Minnesota jury just gave Mikhail “Call […]
Veteran’s Day and the Applebee’s Commandos – The Battle Plan
The Applebee’s Offensive: Veterans Day’s Greatest Battle Every November 11th, America’s chain restaurants become a battlefield where two forces collide: actual veterans executing “Operation Free Lunch” and the mysterious soldiers who only seem to exist on Veterans Day. Meet Staff Sergeant Mike “The Stomach” Peterson, leader of the Applebee’s Commandos – six veterans who’ve mapped […]
Purple Heart for “Lifesaving Actions”
Hold onto your tactical vests, folks! A New Berlin man who allegedly thought he could LARP his way into being a Border Patrol bigwig and a war hero is getting a fresh attorney to defend his, ahem, creative life choices. Hank Glembin, 35, is back in the spotlight after allegedly strutting around like a wannabe […]
Wire Fraud, Stolen Valor Vet Awarded Jail
Sentenced to a year and a day Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor By Nick Mordowanec A U.S. Army veteran will serve a year behind bars for wire fraud and stolen valor charges. Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, of Newburgh, New York, previously made false public claims about assisting homeless veterans. […]
Maryland Governor Wes Moore gets Bronze Star 18 years after lying about having one
Maryland Governor, Wes Moore, found himself in hot water when he implied that he received a Bronze Star Medal because of his combat deployment. Moore, while applying for a White house fellowship in 2006, claimed to have received the Bronze Star from his Afghanistan deployment. When it turned out that he did not have it, […]
Stolen Valor Russian Style
Russian war hero ‘the Executioner’ allegedly ordered troops to shoot him in massive payout scheme: report Russian officer Konstantin Frolov allegedly helped orchestrate a $2.5M fraud scheme By Bonny Chu One of Russia’s most decorated battlefield heroes was unmasked as the alleged mastermind of a brazen fraud scheme in which elite soldiers allegedly shot themselves […]
Dreamcatcher: U.S. Navy Door Gunner in Somalia
The folks at MilitaryPhony.com send us their work on this Wesley Wade Washoe fellow, who claims to have been a U.S. Navy door gunner (yes, a door gunner), a veteran of the Gulf War and Somalia, and SEAL dreamer extraordinaire. Meet Wesley Wade Washoe, his city’s own military fiction novelist, age 54 and still workshopping […]
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