Stolen Valor
Gregg Ramsdell Pleads Guilty to Stolen Valor
We previously posted about Gregg Ramsdell here when he was charged with stolen valor, but in a brand new development Ramsdell has pleaded guilty to the charges. The Ledger-Enquirer reports that Ramsdell was paid $76,000 for PTSD as a direct result of war events that he now admits he made up. According to the plea […]
Fake SEAL Charged with Defrauding VA Update
Richard Meleski, Career Criminal Late last month Steve posted up the sorry tale of one Richard Meleski, who fraudulently claimed military service as a Navy SEAL, falsely claimed he served in Beirut, and claimed he was both a POW and Silver Star recipient. These claims resulted in his wrongly receiving over $300,000 from the VA, […]
Bob Glaves: Stolen Valor Hurts Everyone
Greg Taylor of the Peninsula Daily News wrote a Point of View article about how Veterans Day is special and he talks about a recent “development” in their community… This summer, the Peninsula Daily News featured a front-page story about a Vietnam veteran riding his motorcycle to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. to […]
Florida Bill Targets Stolen Valor
A Florida bill aimed at curbing stolen valor has unanimously passed through the first of three committee stops according to floridapolitics.com. Florida law already makes it illegal for a person to either misrepresent himself or herself as a member of the military or wear “the uniform of or any medal or insignia authorized for use […]
Counterfeit Veterans
MilitaryTimes.com just published an interesting article titled: “Thieves among honor: counterfeit veterans“ It is well-written because he recounts his personal experience writing an article about D-Day when someone called him up and claimed to be an Army Ranger at Pointe du Hoc. It was debunked by someone that was actually there. There is no hard […]
UPDATE: Maggie DeSanti – Media Darling or Stolen Valor Con Artist?
We thought that it was time for an update on significant events surrounding Margaret C. DeSanti. We wrote about Margaret in 2014 here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=57300 Then, the recent 2019 follow-up with Margaret here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=92064 FoxNews carried the story here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/the-five-one-more-thing-21oct2019.mp4 FoxNews did not respond to emails asking for a correction. Background Research There was a lot […]
Robert Glaub – Phony Silver Star and Purple Heart
The folks at Military Phony send us their work on this Robert Allen Glaub fella. Robert is 56 years old as of Oct 2019 and lives in Torrington, Wyoming. He often goes by “Rob” as well as his nickname “Goosinator.” Sometimes he lists his last name as “Glaub-Leonello.” Glaub posted photos of himself in his […]
UPDATE: ‘Alaska Bob’ Glaves’ “Restricted” Files
Dave Hardin was going to do an update on this but before it spills over into the Weekend Open Thread, I will do a starter post here for awareness and you may want to check back for a separate post from Dave on this subject. The Peninsula Daily News has published a followup article about […]
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