{"id":155162,"date":"2024-04-04T09:55:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=155162"},"modified":"2024-04-04T09:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:59:56","slug":"minnesota-man-accused-of-stolen-valor-collecting-100k-in-veteran-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=155162","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Man Accused of Stolen Valor, Collecting $100K in Veteran Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Minnesota man is being accused of Stolen Valor as well as fraudulently taking $100K in veteran benefits from the government over a period of years.<\/p>\n

If the above Purple Heart citation is the one he used, I can’t for the life of me understand why he spelled his own first name incorrectly – plausible deniability, perhaps?<\/p>\n

Dilworth man accused of Stolen Valor; collected over $100k in Veteran\u2019s benefits<\/strong><\/a>
\nJoe Leier | Apr 3, 2024<\/p>\n

BEMIDJI, Minn. (KFGO) \u2013 A Dilworth man is accused of Stolen Valor in Federal Court.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Bemidji says Mikhail Wicker, 37, falsely claimed to be a decorated marine veteran in order to collect benefits from the government from 2015 to 2020.<\/p>\n

Court documents say Wicker claimed to have served in Iraq and said he was a prisoner of war in 2005. He also claimed to have been injured by an IED while deployed to Iraq.<\/p>\n

Wicker forged government documents, including one that claimed he had been discharged from the marines, and a document saying he had received a Purple Heart.<\/p>\n

Wicker was able to get over $100,000 in benefits using his fake documents.<\/p>\n

He is facing charges including theft of government funding and fraud.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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