J Thomas Burch pleads guilty
We wrote about John Thomas Burch about a year ago when he was busted for pretending to be a Special Forces officer who had been in Vietnam. He was actually a JAG officer for the special forces unit in Vietnam and never so much as attended the Army’s Basic Airborne Course, let alone received any special forces training. Earlier this month, he was charged with using his charity, the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation, as his personal ATM machine.
Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post which reports he pleaded guilty;
The former head of D.C. charity meant to benefit Vietnam veterans pleaded guilty to wire fraud after embezzling about $150,000, federal prosecutors said.
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Burch faces up to 18 months in prison, prosecutors said, and a fine of up to $55,000, among other penalties. He is scheduled to be sentenced in October.
He raised millions of dollar, spending pennies on veterans – all while working as a lawyer for the VA. See ya!
Category: Phony Vet Charities
I’m guessing he won’t spend any time in a poundhimintheass prison… and the boys at the BTJT Deli (Home of the World-Famous Cockmeat Sammich) will be so disappointed.
Well $55,000…that’s pissy gas money for his Rolls Royce.
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Fuck him, he’s getting away with *murder* and I hope he does *some* time and get ass raped every day.
/OK I take that back I’m projecting promoting violence on someone here at TAH.
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fun fact: He has more than one rolls Royce. Black one and silver one. While working in VA HQ, he flash both of them while we did exercises in Martinsburg.
18 mos my ass! let the s.o.b. serve a dollar a day! thats fair!!
I have a real issue with those who , like myself. Supported SF. But take it one step further and claim it. We all can’t do the ” sexy” jobs. God knows I couldn’t But we have an obligation to do the best in whatever job we do in the military. I wear my gifted 5th Group hat in my veterans portrait project pic but the title of the pic is Todd Davis , truck driver FOR special forces. I’ve said it plenty but do what you do well be it driver , cook , Intel mechanic etc. there’s certainly no shame in any of it as long as you give honorable service.
What a piece of shit.
And he was the VA’s Office of General Counsel’s FOIA Officer.
I bet this ballsack screwed some Veterans.
The VA keeps on hiring cut rate attorneys instead of doctors.
Hopefully that will change.
I hope they throw the book at him.
none of these lawyers ever stay with VA. Usually last about 10 months. Hiring season for VA lawyers seem to be July. They just threaten doctors telling them they have. a choice work full time for peanuts or quick your part time practice.
That’s because 10 months is all they need to steal the program blind?
Income tax fraud, perhaps?
Oh, well, he’s got some unpleasant stuff ahead of him. Obviously, he cannot be trusted with money, or anything else.
Blue waffle chowhound…
Ahh yes, the cherry on top of stolen valor.
Probably will sing about others and never spend a day in jail. Then Karma calls.
Unreal, this piece of shit spent millions not thousands. Fuck him and anyone that looks like him.
Only 18 months?
What a pog bitch.
He really needs to go to prison. If he spent enough of his loot on his lawyers he may not have to. If I were him I’d be worried about some pissed off GB sending him to his final reward a little early.
There’s a plot for a movie “based on real events”.
POS JAG steals millions, including funds from a GB, a SEAL, a RECON Marine and Ex-PH2.
The first three all have some cancer, Ex-PH2 is her normal sweet self. Together they plot to may the POS JAG pay for his crimes and restore the stolen money to the victims of the POS JAG.
The possibilities…
Red “Not a Penny More, Not a Pnny Less” – Jeffrey Archer’s first book, I believe.
If setting up a phony charity to help veterans and diverting those funds for my personal use is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
John Thomas Burch
And to think he could have had a full boat retirement on our dime.
“…women he was involved with…”