William R. Jones pleads guilty to stolen valor
QCOnline reports William R. Jones, a 67-year-old National Guard veteran from Geneseo, Illinois, pleaded guilty to charges that he lied about his military service and presented false documents to the Department of Veterans’ Affair in order to steal $71,472 in benefits that he hadn’t earned.
According to the article, Jones claimed that he had suffered disabilities when his AC-130 gunship was shot down over Vietnam and that he had caught the PTSD, but QC Online says that he had retired from the Guard and Reserve without a single combat deployment in his thirty-one career – he had actually retired as a lieutenant colonel.
n 2003, after retirement, Mr. Jones sought disability benefits based on claims in statements to the Veterans Administration that he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder related to combat service in Vietnam. According to a U.S. Attorney’s office release, he falsely claimed he had been a Special Operations air crewman on an AC-130 Spectre gunship and was shot down and wounded. Mr. Jones claimed that he had been awarded a Bronze Star Medal with V for Valor and a Purple Heart.
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On Oct. 31, 2013, Mr. Jones caused the American Legion to submit to the VA on his behalf a new claim with supporting documents that included a copy of an article from the Geneseo newspaper. The article was based on false information provided by Mr. Jones about purported combat service, including copies of several false certificates for combat awards and service, and a letter dated 2008 from then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., stating Mr. Jones was a Vietnam veteran.
On July 16, 2013, Mr. Jones submitted a “Privacy Act Release” form to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., that contained false information indicating that Mr. Jones had served in combat in Vietnam in 1972, that he had been assigned to Special Operations in Vietnam and that he was shot down in enemy territory but rescued by U.S. Marines three weeks later.
Jones faces 10 years in prison, and a quarter-million dollar fine and restitution to the VA, s well as the loss of his retirement pension from the Reserves.
Category: Phony soldiers, Valor Vultures
From an honorably-retired O-5 to a convicted disgraced O-5 fraudster and con artist:
William R. Jones, you have disgraced your rank, your service, and your country. You are a lowlife liar who deserves all the approbation and scorn you are about to receive, and I hope you receive the ten-year prison sentence you so richly deserve. Your name shall not be spoken by me nor any other honorably-retired officer again…
Liar.
I’m glad William R. Jones the liar is getting royally beat-down for his lies.
Assclown…
Amazing! “he CAUGHT PTSD”! I didn’t know it was a germ going around! No wonder its so prevalent with pussies!!
amazing that an O-5 would crap on themselves like this. Wouldn’t it be nice if Obama were named an accessory…
Shit… dude must have been really hard up if he got the JEF and Dick “Turbin” Derbin to vouch for his “combat service” in Viet of the Nam.
Is he friends with Dick Blumenthal also?
Turd.
Cocksucker.
Now he might catch the PTSD for real.
He did more than submit some documents. He must have been going to a VA therapist and lying his ass off about his symptoms. They probably believed him because it’s evident he’s a nutcase. The reason he sent in the fake valor medals was to bypass the VA doing research on his claims of what his “stressor” are. Once the VA checked his real DD214 and saw he was full of shit they started the investigation. He did a lot of work to get compensation for PTSD and still got caught.
Yeh..for PTSD he didn’t even have??? He has just ordinary, STUPID ASS BUFFOONARY!
“and a letter dated 2008 from then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., stating Mr. Jones was a Vietnam veteran.”
That right there should have tipped off even a 2nd Lt that the whole thing was a fraud.
Obama wouldn’t know a real Vietnam Vet if they smacked him in his big ears.
Asshole……Sir
Everybody wants that govmint cheese, baby! Guess his application for SSDI was denied so he decided to try VA next.
Conservativeso love to get those lucrative government contracts for their private businesses because they can charge $500 for a toilet seat.
Thieves are on both sides of the fence. IMHO a jackwagon conservative who steals a million dollar contract is the equivalent of 50 typical welfare scammers
Here is what I do not understand. All of my service is clearly a matter of record and is reflected in my service records/DD-214 with campaign and personal awards, its in my Fitness Reports/OERs, my health records show all of the pre-deployment physical stuff including vaccinations, and I have photos (wish I had taken more)etc…how on earth can it be that hard for the VA to vet this stuff? I mean, using a newspaper article as proof of service?
Exactly…and I hear stories (FWIW) of veterans having to move mountains and taking years to get even a 30% disability rating…then something like this comes along.
To quote Group Captain Mandrake, “Something is dreadfully wrong somewhere.”
FUCK YOU DICKHOLE. I see you’re BAD AT MATH!
I hope you take it up the ass long and hard.