Gregory Charles Banks; the phony just passing through
So one of our readers is a Mason up in Connecticut and this dude passes through his lodge on the way back from his combat assignments. Sometimes he’s in ACUs, other times he’s wearing his blues, like in the picture above. Of course, he’s Special Forces (isn’t everyone, these days) and in addition to his duties as an Army officer, he’s also a counselor with two offices. The man is a freakin’ machine.
Well, he didn’t turn up in any of my databases, but, you know, he’s probably so secret squirrel that he wouldn’t, but CID can’t find him either. Nor can NPRC;
We’re told that his lodge just threw him a big celebration for his recent award of the Bronze Star Medal so obviously, he loves attention – so here is all of the attention you could ever want, Greg-baby. It looks to me like he stole a midget’s jacket.
Added; more pics;
I emailed these pictures to our counselor friend, Greg Charles Banks and asked if these are not him in the photos, and he hasn’t answered back. I guess he’s going with “identity theft” as an explanation.
OK, I just got an email from him and he admits that this is him in this picture taken at the lodge not wearing the uniform;
I don’t know, you judge.
Category: Phony soldiers
@48 Thank you. I did not see your post until I hit send on mine @49. That answers my question and I appreciate your information. No harm, no foul to anyone intended here.
Well, this is easy enough to deal with. As others suggest, are the Masons there familiar with him such that two or three of them can say, ‘Yep, that’s him and I saw him here dressed like that and in other military attire?’ Or is this a mistake? There is a pronounced weight difference between the LPC pic and the one taken at the lodge and he looks, to me, older in the lodge pic. I have no idea when either one was taken but if Counselor Banks is reading this, denial is fine if it’s true. If it’s false, it will get ugly quickly. Really ugly. Really quickly.
Your email to Mr. Gregory Banks, MA, LPC, NCC has been sent.
Here’s what you wrote:
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Contact me directly regarding your claims of US Army and BSM. Use my cell phone above. Master Chief Petty Officer, USN (Ret.)
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Contact info:
Mr. Gregory Banks, MA, LPC, NCC
128 Garden Street
Farmington, Connecticut 06032
Tel: (860) 253-2412
Mr. Gregory Banks, MA, LPC, NCC’s Profile
*Do not hit “reply” to this message. Your response will go to Psychology Today. Contact information for this therapist is above
Just conducted an ELA with the photos … it IS him!
And a RDLA … same results!
Not to mention ELTEBLA … all readings the same!
Master Chief, I know this goes without saying because you are a Master Chief but that is some damn fine work shipmate!!!
So he’s going with the Shaggy defense…” It wasn’t me!”. Ironic since Shaggy actually was in the military.
Here. This explains some of the alphabet soup referenced by MCPO: http://fotoforensics.com/tutorial-ela.php
MCPO, nice work! I am sure the picture on his Practice site is of a much younger and slimmer version. Its obviously him, what would be the chances of a Phoney showing up at a Masons lodge wearing a name tag and being in the same profession. Not to mention the likeness is uncanny!
Mr Banks, some of the people on TAH were born during the day, it just wasn’t yesterday! There is a lot of care and investigation done prior to Jonn posting a Phony and guess who passed the test !! YUP YOU !
ELA = Ear Lobe Analysis
RDLA = Relative Dimple Location Anaysis
ELTEBLA = Ear Lobe To Eye Brow Location Anaysis
Although I made up these unscientific procedures … they all confirm it is him.
It is all basic facial recognition positioning … basic LE stuff!
Wow, a real winner. And he’s a counselor for children and adults. Love the attention of being in uniform and being a Freemason.
Obviously, he went into “counseling” to help “fix” people… looks like he’s cut from the same cloth as a certain politician that is living at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Want me to run him against a couple of databases for shits and giggles as well, Master Chief?
Also the hair line, shape of the head, and the picture in uniform he appears to have a line where his glasses would be. Ear placement on the head in regards to the outside corner of the eye.
If so, gimme about 3.5hrs. Got a pressing issue to get out of the way then I’m on him like a rat on a Cheeto. 😎
@45, Sparks, I doubt this is a case of someone’s head shooped onto the body of a legit soldier, too much is wrong. Infantry cord worn wrong (not under the shoulder epilates,but incorrectly over it) blue cord worn with SF insignia. It’s blury but I think he is wearing enlisted SF disks instead of officer insignia. What ever that is on his collar doesn’t look like any officer rank I have ever seen, then there is that Jacobs ladder under his weapons qual badge. The Ranger scroll on his left breast pocket, and I’m not even going to try to ID and check the order of his ribbons.
I e-mailed Gregory Banks about this. he wrote back, “Thank you for contacting me, I am a professional counselor but that is not me in the uniform.
I will contact the blog administrator to see how my professional link got tie to this picture.
Regards,
Greg Banks”
Wow more fuel for the fire, an attempt to lie and say it wasn’t him. That may have worked if it was just an internet photo but it sounds like this guy has been seen and heard IN PERSON. By fellow masons none the less. The only bad thing is that masons keep their dirty laundry inside the lodge, so the exact actions they take and the censure he recieves wont be made public.
@66 Thanks Andy. I knew the uniform was all jacked up. I just could not see, with the programs I have, a closer look at his whole photo. I appreciate the info though. I don’t think this guy is doing anything to help himself since he obviously has NOT contacted the admin staff here. I think the picture is legitimately him. Master Chief pretty much nailed that down.
Photo or not, didn’t he get recognized by his “home lodge” for military accomplishments? What was the basis for this recognition? Something he claimed, to them? Why would the lodge do anything along this line without something to ignite the effort?
Sounds like Cody Stermer, dodging his Warrant Officer claims by harping on his “JROTC” uniform photo, without addressing the Phony officer accusation.
Damn the picture, what are his claims to those in his AO and Masonic lodge?
BTW … He has not answered my email.
Probably took a dump when he read it!
I guess if I were him and received an email from a guy like me, after a a temporary lose of breath and rapid heart beat … I probably would not reply.
Although, if we were all wrong about this guy, he would be defending himself strongly … He has not.
So set the fires and let’s watch the rat run.
Dear Greggee Boyee,
I know you are watching this unfold … Call me!
MCPO
I just checked me e-mail and found these two by Greg Banks.
“Thank you for contacting me, the picture of the guy uniform is not me. I am counselor, and somehow the guy in uniform is linked to my picture because we both have the same last name.
Regards,
Greg Banks”
He wrotes, “…somehow the guy in uniform is linked to my picture because we both have the same last”
Freudian slip? You be the judge.
And then there was this one just a few minutes ago.
“Sir:
I’m at a professional conference in Phoenix Arizona. This is extremely disturbing to me as I am not computer or web savvy. I have been talking to the administrator of the blog. It is just wrong on so many levels that somebody can take my identity and put it on a website that is causing me problems. I am not this military officer, I’m a counselor who works with kids and families. Hopefully he will do something too change this on his blog so that I stop receiving harassing emails and obnoxious phone calls.
Thank you for your email and your time.
Greg”
Jonn … What you say?
I already know the answer to this story!
Check out his CIB on his dress uniform. Broken wreath at the top. No one who earned that badge would wear it if broken. It’s cherished by every 11B guy I know.
Yeah, I’ve had a few emails from him, too. He claims that he’s not the fellow in uniform. But, our tipster got Banks’ middle name and his birth date from other sources (by other sources, I mean independent from our counselor friend here), and it would be a helluva coincidence for two people to have the exact same name and exact same birthdate, wouldn’t it?
But, Banks says that he has been receiving death threats and that someone slipped a note under his door. I don’t believe him, because this crowd isn’t prone to death threats and since the post went up at 8am, I don’t think there’s anyone among us who has the time on our hands to drive over to his house and slide a note under the door. We all have jobs here. We frown on that kind of thing here.
Yep, we have the right guy and he’s going through the stages of a phony, like there’s a script somewhere.
Jonn,
That is horrible. If someone has made any threats and or slid a note under his door, he should call law enforcement immediately. He should explain everything to law enforcement. Further, I would most highly recommend that he direct their attention to the photographic evidence, FOIA, and other persons who may have information.
BREAK
Still no call.
There are two “Greg Banks” listed in surrounding zip codes (06094, 06098) nothing for a “Gregory C. Banks” and also showing two “Gregory L. Banks” in two other zip codes(06081, 06070). Gregory Banks Counseling, LLC (ID #0872544) business licensed through Connecticut SoS Office, Danbury, CT 06810.
@75
Kinda funny, and telling, that he would tell you that people have been slipping death threats under his door at home when he told me he was currently at a conference in Arizona.
Oh … One other thing. He needs to report to law enforcement immediately that someone has stolen his identity. And again, provide information.
Does he require our assistance with notifying local law enforcement? I know I don’t have time nor fuel to drive all the way up there and leave him notes under his front door.
That’d be lots of beer money, bro. Beer more important than a road trip way the hell up north (not to be cornfused with UpNorth) mind you.
@35, MCPO, I say “LAST ROUND ON TARGET, FIRE FOR EFFECT!”.
He’s definitely squirming, I wonder how soon he’ll “Wickre out” on us, and he’ll be the next to get “shark-attacked”?
Turd.
The sick part is that he really thinks he can Slick Willie himself out of HIS predicament: His initial lie by stating more lies. This guy is a sicko (Truth Molester) and a Stolen Valor Thief and should not be practicing any type of counseling.
Ya I was wondering about the note thing, since he is in Arizona and all… The Death Threat thing is absurd as well this group is well above making threats. I would also suggest he contact local LE if he thinks his identity has been stolen. I can even give him a couple of Troopers phone numbers if he would like, just in case he thinks the local LE cant handle it. Everyone I know in CT is a Combat vet as well, one of my close Trooper friends also has a legit Purple Heart, I was his Platoon Daddy 2006/2007 in Iraq, maybe they can compare how they received them..
@85. Yeah, I’m with that. I hope he takes that purported threatening note straight to the police. I’m sure that he all ready has done so. That way, it will likely make the local police blotter and people will start asking questions–you know, out of concern for him. That’s the way these things snowball. I don’t think he would make a false report to the police and, like I said, I’m certain he will report the threat. After all, he’s a professional counselor. He knows that threats are not to be taken lightly.
Typical poseur. Finds himself in a hole, keeps digging.
I got it.
He is our new Stuart Smalley: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Smalley
This is too perfect!
If I ever wear my blue cord like that feel free to kick me in the mommy/daddy button.
Yet another potential protégé in Phildo the Dishonorable’s APL minions.
Daily Affirmation With Gregory C. Banks:
“I am good enough, smart enough and people like me!”
No doubt about it. If Gregory Banks admits that it’s him in the “Swim for life” photo, then it’s obviously him in the uniform. I checked out the King Hiram’s Lodge Facebook page and there are pics of him posing in his fake uniform. Turd.
Oops. Forgot to add the link. The pic in uniform was taken or posted on 20 Dec. 2013.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/King-Hirams-Lodge-AF-AM/134341969922256
@74, 3/17, the CIB is not broken, there is a gap at the top of the wreath. the only time there is no gap is if the poser goes whole hog and awards himself a second or third award of the CIB and the star(s) fill in the gap.
I cannot ever say that I have seen an Officer wear a Marksmanship Badge of any type.
Bet he has Grenadier on there as well.
@94 ….I know about the gap in the wreath , I’m looking at mine right now if you look closely, the gap is uneven on the left.
Not to mention wearing the scroll (on the wrong side)without a short tab.
Loser.
Guys:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=260451000644685&set=a.239876002702185.60822.134341969922256&type=1&theater
No officer wears marksmanship badges.
This guy is a turd and needs to pay for the disrespect and valor he has stolen from me and my fellow serviceman!
@98
It’s him. You can’t replicate a double chin like that.
GREGORVEEE I HOPES YOU ARE WEADING THISSSS.
THIEF!