Walter Mitty Richard Lee

Duke sends us a link to the UK’s Daily Mail about a bust by stolen valor buddies at the Walter Mitty Hunt Club. the thief is Richard Lee who formed a running club and promoted it as a former Royal Marine, but, of course, he wasn’t;

Mr Lee has admitted that he enrolled in the Officer Training Corps but never qualified after he dropped out through injury.

His deceit was exposed by the The Walter Mitty Hunters Club HQ, an organisation run by former servicemen who investigate people who falsely claim they served in the Armed Forces.

A spokesman said today that Mr Lee’s actions ‘insult the hard work and reputation of our Armed Forces’.

And the group accused Mr Lee of exaggerating his military career to build the British arm of Spartan Race which had a turnover of £2.5million in 2012.

A spokesman said: ‘Richard Lee was using the spirit, determination and hard graft needed to be a Royal Marine to seek his product, the Spartan Race, which the ethos of the race is all about.

‘People like Lee insult the hard work and reputation of our Armed Forces. They use lies to gain advantage from the inspecting and by doing so give a misleading impression.

The Walter Mitty Hunt Club says that they want a Stolen Valor Act like ours with which they can prosecute these crimes. Good luck, fellows. I hope your prosecutors aren’t allergic to do their jobs like folks over here seem to be.

Category: Phony soldiers, Stolen Valor Act