Fake Vet imprisoned

A phony vet named Mark Mulcahy was sentenced to four years in prison plus three years parole for 24 years of fakery, according to the Glenwood Springs Post Independent;

Mulcahy apologized to 9th Judicial District Court Judge Daniel Petre, to the Garfield County Jail, to the people he’s hurt, to his girlfriend, and finally, he apologized to the Glenwood Springs Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, of which he became the commander in 2004 under the assumed identity.

Yeah, see, he didn’t just pretend to be a veteran, he pretend to be someone else who was a veteran;

Prosecutors said Mulcahy pretended to be David Keith Anderson, also known as David Keith Ronayne, for more than two decades. Mulcahy said Thursday that he assumed Anderson’s identity to help Anderson.

“I wasn’t trying to violate anyone,” Mulcahy said as he addressed the court. “I knew David Anderson. We did it as a favor to him.”

Mulcahy said the reason for the situation was that the real Anderson wanted to leave the country and didn’t want his family to be able to find him.

According to past Post Independent reports, the real Anderson lived in California for most of the 24 years Mulcahy used his identity. However, Anderson reportedly died in a bicycle accident in 2006.

Anderson served in the U.S. Army from 1973-74, but Mulcahy, pretending to be Anderson, claimed he served in the Marine Corps. Mulcahy was able to obtain a “DD-214” form in Anderson’s name, which is issued on separation from military service.

Thanks to 1stCavRVN11B for the tip.
I learned something while trying to find more about this story; when you do a search on the internet for “fake vet”, sometimes you run across fake vets that are fake cross-dressing veterinarians so you might have to narrow your search parameters a bit.

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