The Marine Corps Times and several other publications carry a story about a used car salesman (True Lies inspiration?) that falsely claimed he was a veteran of the Army’s elite Delta Force. He used this claim to bilk people out of millions of dollars. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
[NOTE: Several news stories feature a photo of one of the victims, Eric Perardi, which may suggest it is the suspect, Saint Jovite Youngblood. To avoid any confusion, we are not providing a photo. However, if you’re feeling adventurous, you can post one yourself.]
A 52-year-old Texas man who falsely claimed to have served in the 82nd Airborne Division and the elite Army Delta Force has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for bilking dozens of people out of more than $12.7 million.
Saint Jovite Youngblood, of Manor, Texas, offered his protection from fictitious Mexican drug cartels to at least 32 victims in exchange for money, investigators found. Youngblood also told victims that the payments were like investments, and he would pay them back with a “significant return,” according to a release.
In one of his schemes, Youngblood told a victim that a Mexican drug cartel planned to kill the man and his son, adding that he could offer protection for a fee.
Instead, Youngblood, also known as “Kota Youngblood,” took the money and gambled it during trips to Las Vegas, according to court documents.
Youngblood, meanwhile, was a used car salesman who never served in the military.
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11B-Mailclerk
1 month ago
How about we compensate his victims by rigging his cell for video and sound, and setting up Pay-Per-View for the sick fucks that would pay to see his long honeymoon on cellblock B.
Just spitballing ideas.
Daisy Cutter
1 month ago
Damn! “Kota” was my internet handle. Now I have to think of a new one.
Why not change it to KotOR (Knight of the Old Republic), the classic Star Wars video game franchise title.
“I see you have made a _new_ lightsaber… I am disappointed… Because you’re 40 YEARS OLD Malcolm and supposed to be watching our son!” Ellie Taylor, _Things You Wouldn’t Hear In A SciFi Movie_ , Mock The Week
If Youngblood was a New Yauk Resident, and was a person of another color, he would have seen the ass-hole judge and been released. Am trying to get rid of my New Yauk accent and get a Hank Williams accent.
I was raised in the Pacific northwest, but my folks were originally from the “Misoura” Ozarks. My friends were always telling me how pronounced their accents were, but growing up I never even noticed.
Prior Service (RET)
1 month ago
So much for my post-retirement scheme.
Steve Balm
1 month ago
The only close order drill he’ll be doing from now on is… well, you get the picture.
Will CSMish Walz be providing a steady supply of tampons?
Amateur Historian
1 month ago
Fuck this dude!!!
SFC D
1 month ago
Has anyone ever actually seen a real Delta operator? I think I might have in Somalia, but I’m not 100% sure and I damn sure didn’t ask. Very nice guys, sterile uniforms, radiated “Don’t fuck with me”. Dunno. Coulda been agency types.
Ive ever only met the Delta Operators that tell a bunch of war stories about when they were with Delta. The stories usually get better with more alcohol and right after they say “I don’t like to talk about it”!
Come to think of it, it’s usually the same with Green Berets and SEALs.
When you start asking specific questions, they always have to go!
AB Son has.
I knew a man who’d been recruited in ‘Nam but declined because he was newly married.
One thing – he didn’t talk about it often, and only after a firm multi-year friendship was established, and without any bragging. I learned most after AB Son talked with him before joining to go to OIF.
Col. Charlie Beckwith did not form 1st SFOD-Delta until 1977, long after our war in the RVN was over. Beckwith did command classified Project B-52 aka Project Delta in Vietnam. The only US personnel in it would be SF men from the 5th SFG(A). Even the Son Tay raid was conducted with SF men recruited from the 5th and 7th Groups. But the Delta unit we have now did not exist before December 1977. I met Beckwith in 1977 when he was forming “The Unit” as it was commonly known.
Did a raid/HVT rollup with them in Kirkuk. Hosted them before a raid in the Abu Ghraib area which I wasn’t on. It was a helo ride in for cordon and SSE, a couple of my dudes had never been on a chopper nor worked with any SF so I gave up my spot.
Had a former-CAG First Sergeant and there was another one in BDE HHC 1SG spot. They were a trip. Kinda like fire and mogas anytime they got into each other’s proximity.
They’re human… -ish. First Sergeant Fernandez was a PT stud and would take the enlisted for esprit de corps runs up Kolekole Pass. 10 miles round trip with 900 feet of elevation change on the way up, 900 feet of pain for the knees on the way down.
OK, I’ll bite. I was working my two week reserve at Aviano airbase Italy. Being a true air, cargo guy not that puke that pretended to be one up in here recently. Anyway, I spent two weeks working in the passenger terminal. One day we had a bunch of officers roll in no bags or anything else and let us know that we were gonna be having some visitors coming through in a short while and that they needed the DV lounge for these guys and an entirely sterile area. About a half an hour 45 minutes later too really scruffy stereotypical bearded long hair civilian clothes dudes come rolling in with some foot lockers bags all kinds of standard military looking shit and had orders to go onto a C130 that we were just notified was coming in Also sterile. There was only three of us working so one guy stayed on the counter when my friend and I went in the back and made sure these guys had the entire passenger lounge and DV area to themselves, I mean, the place was pretty empty anyway. So ask me how I know that these guys were Navy Seals and how come I also know for a fact that Navy Seals or at least one Navy Seal wore pantyhose? More other troops arrived with more and more bags, but only these two guys are going on the aircraft to meet up with other guys somewhere else. I literally watched one of these guys change into wet suit and then other gear over top of it and I did not ask any questions. All I did was wish the guy good luck when we walk them out to the aircraft with a pick up truck full of shit to throw all the airplane give to the loadmaster some paperwork and orders. And the way they went. True, no shit. If I’m not mistaken, it was Summer 1997. My friend and I had the weekend off and we took a bus down to Beach from Pordenone to Lignano. Lots of topless women… Read more »
Since you brought up topless women…
Spring of ’96, I had a team supporting a SETAF Partnership for Peace exercise in Tirana, Albania. We flew back after, I got to ride the ramp on the Chinook. Best seat in the house. Apparently, our flight path into Italy (Vicenza) took us way south, and our pilots flew as low as they could along the coast, allowing us a wonderful unobstructed view of all the lovely and topless Italian ladies sunning on the beach and on various boats. Good times.
I worked for two but they were both officers. One was retired and the other had decided late in the game he wanted a regular life and switched his functional area. Both were outstanding leaders
When I was at stationed at the base formerly known as Bragg we would see them around very seldom. That was back in the early 90s well after they built their own compound.
Delta operators rarely wore uniforms when on operations. Many grew facial hair so they could not be recognized as military. The common tell is that they spent so much time on the ranges practicing that they developed callouses on their trigger fingers. I have seen group pics of them in Lebanon in their CSM’s book with their faces blacked out; they are all wearing civilian clothes.
These guys were not the shaggy stereotype, but definitely worked under relaxed grooming standards and did not look strictly GI. Flew with us from Mogadishu to Cairo West. I learned that Bumfuck Egypt was real on that day.
OK And one other thing, Cargo related. I hung out at NoFuck a LOT. Almost as much as Dover. Best time I had was post Desert Storm on orders for many months staying at a little hotel by the base and then working Swings. On at 3 and off by 10-11 or even earlier because the civillians there had to punch a clock and us, if we cleared the warehouse, they got annoyed by us hanging around all shift with nothing to do(but I did learn to throw bones 😀 ). Even got to hook up with the day shift guys at the bar if it was early enough. (And I got to hang out at the hotel pool all day long.)
Anyway, one of the best things besides tanks, helos and presidental limos (And Shillary Clinton’s & SS baggage pallots with the wet, short skirt SS Agent, I’ve told that story) I loaded, in my career, was a Mark V onto a C-5. (FUCK THE C-5!!!), more than once.
Not my photo or me but the same as when I was there.
Now I can’t just drop a reference and let it go at that… behold… FUCK YOU FRED!! (I had great fun projectile vomiting off the ramp onto the flight line at England Air Force Base LA in 1996 hung over and overly hydrated at 3 o’clock in the morning at almost 100°) “C-5s can suck the salty sweat off of my wrinkly balls and ass crack.
Fuck these shitty, broke dick ass, hydraulic leaking, non-kneeling, 36 pallet, nightmare, PTSD from the VA inducing, Back breaking, Migraine generating, mother, fucking you gotta be fucking kidding me I gotta do a motherfucking tail swap on this chunk of shit, gotta block 2 for mission planning because they AND their retarded ass crew Our window licking, filthy puss filled rhinoceros assholes, i’d rather load an enema of a starving, angry, AIDS infected porcupine, up a rabid mountain bobcats butthole, than have to take the walk of shame up the ramp into a C-5 ever again.”
How about we compensate his victims by rigging his cell for video and sound, and setting up Pay-Per-View for the sick fucks that would pay to see his long honeymoon on cellblock B.
Just spitballing ideas.
Damn! “Kota” was my internet handle. Now I have to think of a new one.
Why not change it to KotOR (Knight of the Old Republic), the classic Star Wars video game franchise title.
“I see you have made a _new_ lightsaber… I am disappointed… Because you’re 40 YEARS OLD Malcolm and supposed to be watching our son!” Ellie Taylor, _Things You Wouldn’t Hear In A SciFi Movie_ , Mock The Week
How about Kuter?
Man pull-leeze. Iffen you had ta post a pic from True Lies, ya coulda done one of Jamie Lee doing her dance!
Youngblood won’t be such a youngblood when (IF) he gets out of prison. Bet he’ll have some dance moves for Bubba, Thor, Julio, and “Tiny”.
And when he farts, it’ll sound like the wind through a pine forest… whooooooosh…
He will be awarding his brown rose to the winner in the season finale of Prison Bride.
It won’t be long until he is suffering the malady known as the loose anuse.
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IDK,.Bill Paxton was a tremendous actor. When you look at the sheer range of his work you won’t see anyone else in the industry that even comes close.
$12.7 million divided by 32 (known) victims come out to nearly $400k per victim. Who were these people he bamboozled?
$150,000 of that was for the rust proof undercoating.
Add in the extended warranty package, floormats, and color-keyed wheel covers.
and the promise to build them a “safe” room.
This is some straight up Phil Monkress shit right here.
Magic 8-Ball says…
If Youngblood was a New Yauk Resident, and was a person of another color, he would have seen the ass-hole judge and been released. Am trying to get rid of my New Yauk accent and get a Hank Williams accent.
I was raised in the Pacific northwest, but my folks were originally from the “Misoura” Ozarks. My friends were always telling me how pronounced their accents were, but growing up I never even noticed.
So much for my post-retirement scheme.
The only close order drill he’ll be doing from now on is… well, you get the picture.
Putting the drill back into drilled and ceremony.
Photo.
He’ll be called Kotex in prison from his nickname
Will CSMish Walz be providing a steady supply of tampons?
Fuck this dude!!!
Has anyone ever actually seen a real Delta operator? I think I might have in Somalia, but I’m not 100% sure and I damn sure didn’t ask. Very nice guys, sterile uniforms, radiated “Don’t fuck with me”. Dunno. Coulda been agency types.
Nope, I was Navy.
I once operated a Delta band saw, so technically I was a Delta operator.
Ive ever only met the Delta Operators that tell a bunch of war stories about when they were with Delta. The stories usually get better with more alcohol and right after they say “I don’t like to talk about it”!
Come to think of it, it’s usually the same with Green Berets and SEALs.
When you start asking specific questions, they always have to go!
AB Son has.
I knew a man who’d been recruited in ‘Nam but declined because he was newly married.
One thing – he didn’t talk about it often, and only after a firm multi-year friendship was established, and without any bragging. I learned most after AB Son talked with him before joining to go to OIF.
Col. Charlie Beckwith did not form 1st SFOD-Delta until 1977, long after our war in the RVN was over. Beckwith did command classified Project B-52 aka Project Delta in Vietnam. The only US personnel in it would be SF men from the 5th SFG(A). Even the Son Tay raid was conducted with SF men recruited from the 5th and 7th Groups. But the Delta unit we have now did not exist before December 1977. I met Beckwith in 1977 when he was forming “The Unit” as it was commonly known.
Did a raid/HVT rollup with them in Kirkuk. Hosted them before a raid in the Abu Ghraib area which I wasn’t on. It was a helo ride in for cordon and SSE, a couple of my dudes had never been on a chopper nor worked with any SF so I gave up my spot.
Had a former-CAG First Sergeant and there was another one in BDE HHC 1SG spot. They were a trip. Kinda like fire and mogas anytime they got into each other’s proximity.
They’re human… -ish. First Sergeant Fernandez was a PT stud and would take the enlisted for esprit de corps runs up Kolekole Pass. 10 miles round trip with 900 feet of elevation change on the way up, 900 feet of pain for the knees on the way down.
The sub-5 minute pace mile on the way down was always a blast!
OK, I’ll bite. I was working my two week reserve at Aviano airbase Italy. Being a true air, cargo guy not that puke that pretended to be one up in here recently. Anyway, I spent two weeks working in the passenger terminal. One day we had a bunch of officers roll in no bags or anything else and let us know that we were gonna be having some visitors coming through in a short while and that they needed the DV lounge for these guys and an entirely sterile area. About a half an hour 45 minutes later too really scruffy stereotypical bearded long hair civilian clothes dudes come rolling in with some foot lockers bags all kinds of standard military looking shit and had orders to go onto a C130 that we were just notified was coming in Also sterile. There was only three of us working so one guy stayed on the counter when my friend and I went in the back and made sure these guys had the entire passenger lounge and DV area to themselves, I mean, the place was pretty empty anyway. So ask me how I know that these guys were Navy Seals and how come I also know for a fact that Navy Seals or at least one Navy Seal wore pantyhose? More other troops arrived with more and more bags, but only these two guys are going on the aircraft to meet up with other guys somewhere else. I literally watched one of these guys change into wet suit and then other gear over top of it and I did not ask any questions. All I did was wish the guy good luck when we walk them out to the aircraft with a pick up truck full of shit to throw all the airplane give to the loadmaster some paperwork and orders. And the way they went. True, no shit. If I’m not mistaken, it was Summer 1997. My friend and I had the weekend off and we took a bus down to Beach from Pordenone to Lignano. Lots of topless women… Read more »
Since you brought up topless women…
Spring of ’96, I had a team supporting a SETAF Partnership for Peace exercise in Tirana, Albania. We flew back after, I got to ride the ramp on the Chinook. Best seat in the house. Apparently, our flight path into Italy (Vicenza) took us way south, and our pilots flew as low as they could along the coast, allowing us a wonderful unobstructed view of all the lovely and topless Italian ladies sunning on the beach and on various boats. Good times.
I worked for two but they were both officers. One was retired and the other had decided late in the game he wanted a regular life and switched his functional area. Both were outstanding leaders
When I was at stationed at the base formerly known as Bragg we would see them around very seldom. That was back in the early 90s well after they built their own compound.
Yes,I used to work with them in Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 2. However, I don’t like to talk about it.
Delta operators rarely wore uniforms when on operations. Many grew facial hair so they could not be recognized as military. The common tell is that they spent so much time on the ranges practicing that they developed callouses on their trigger fingers. I have seen group pics of them in Lebanon in their CSM’s book with their faces blacked out; they are all wearing civilian clothes.
These guys were not the shaggy stereotype, but definitely worked under relaxed grooming standards and did not look strictly GI. Flew with us from Mogadishu to Cairo West. I learned that Bumfuck Egypt was real on that day.
OK And one other thing, Cargo related. I hung out at NoFuck a LOT. Almost as much as Dover. Best time I had was post Desert Storm on orders for many months staying at a little hotel by the base and then working Swings. On at 3 and off by 10-11 or even earlier because the civillians there had to punch a clock and us, if we cleared the warehouse, they got annoyed by us hanging around all shift with nothing to do(but I did learn to throw bones 😀 ). Even got to hook up with the day shift guys at the bar if it was early enough. (And I got to hang out at the hotel pool all day long.)
Anyway, one of the best things besides tanks, helos and presidental limos (And Shillary Clinton’s & SS baggage pallots with the wet, short skirt SS Agent, I’ve told that story) I loaded, in my career, was a Mark V onto a C-5. (FUCK THE C-5!!!), more than once.
Not my photo or me but the same as when I was there.
Now I can’t just drop a reference and let it go at that… behold… FUCK YOU FRED!! (I had great fun projectile vomiting off the ramp onto the flight line at England Air Force Base LA in 1996 hung over and overly hydrated at 3 o’clock in the morning at almost 100°)
“C-5s can suck the salty sweat off of my wrinkly balls and ass crack.
Fuck these shitty, broke dick ass, hydraulic leaking, non-kneeling, 36 pallet, nightmare, PTSD from the VA inducing, Back breaking, Migraine generating, mother, fucking you gotta be fucking kidding me I gotta do a motherfucking tail swap on this chunk of shit, gotta block 2 for mission planning because they AND their retarded ass crew Our window licking, filthy puss filled rhinoceros assholes, i’d rather load an enema of a starving, angry, AIDS infected porcupine, up a rabid mountain bobcats butthole, than have to take the walk of shame up the ramp into a C-5 ever again.”
Don’t hold back, Chimpy…tell us how you REALLY feel! You’re among friends here.
Sheer fookin’ poetry, Chip!
I was at Erbil sitting on the airfield when the Delta guys from the Al-Baghdadi raid returned. They look like typical SF guys.