Latest "stolen-valor" stories

Woman who faked being cancer-stricken Marine gets 6 years in prison

A woman received a nearly six-year federal prison sentence for using stolen information to pose as a sick Marine and commit a “massive fraud scheme."

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

2 weeks ago

U.S. Air Force Maj. Brandon Bailey, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron medical crew director, awaits the arrival of patients from a forward operating base in Mosul, Iraq, on Sept. 23, 2008, during a "Bandage Mission." Bandage Missions travel to different FOBs throughout Iraq and pick up patients and transport them to the Air Force Theater Hospital in Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon/Air Force)

A major was kicked out for stealing narcotics. Then he took $820,000 from the Air Force.

For the past two years, former Air Force Maj. Brandon Bailey has been the subject of a federal investigation into a complex web of financial and bankruptcy fraud he spun over the course of a decade.

By Rachel S. Cohen

12 months ago

Montana high court cancels parole conditions in stolen valor case

The two men appealed the conditions last year. American Civil Liberties Union of Montana had called the conditions degrading and unconstitutional.

24 months ago

California man posing as a combat-injured Marine found guilty for receiving $195,000 in medical benefits

A California man who falsely claimed to be a combat-injured Marine with two Purple Hearts so he could receive medical and housing benefits was sentenced federal prison on Thursday.

By Jared Morgan

2 years ago

The man behind pro wrestling legend Sgt. Slaughter tells stories of combat tours in Vietnam. But he never served

“I was basically just infantry, you know, just making sure all the grunts didn’t AWOL on us, keep ‘em all in line."

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

3 years ago

2 men falsely claimed military service to get their cases moved to a veterans court

Two Montana men who were sentenced to prison for violating the terms of the probation in separate crimes won’t be eligible for parole until they complete a writing assignment given because they falsely claimed to have served in the military to have their cases moved to a veterans court.

4 years ago