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Jan 4, 2018 · This list includes the mayor from MN that lied about his service and won the local election, and even created a false DD-214 and collected disability from the VA.
- Marine imposter Rick Strandlof exposed on Anderson Cooper 360. Rick Strandlof’s name has been floating around the internet for various acts of lying and impersonation.
- Former Infantryman, Ryan Berk calls out fake Army Ranger at Oxford Vally Mall. A video of a man only identified as “Yetman,” recently went viral after he was called out by Army veteran Ryan Berk for stolen valor at Oxford Valley Mall on Black Friday.
- Alabama woman lies about service in the Marine Corps. Julee Johns, an Alabama woman who claimed to have served in the Marine Corps for 16 years, has recently been exposed for an act of stolen valor.
- Angel Ocasio sentenced to 3 years probation for Stolen Valor. In 2010, Angel Ocasio claimed to have earned a Navy Cross, Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and a Combat Action Medal for his time in Vietnam, but, when the commander of a Marine Corps league checked the list of award recipients online, Ocasio’s name was absent.
Jul 25, 2012 · A Defense Department database listing current and former recipients of military commendations for valor is now up and running, a month after the Supreme Court struck down a federal law making...
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Oct 19, 2020 · People in positions of trust use military credentials to bolster their authority; pastors, sheriffs, and politicians are regularly featured on stolen-valor Web sites.
Nov 14, 2016 · From a laptop at his kitchen table, in a quiet subdivision outside Columbia, South Carolina, Anderson investigates a particular form of lying that’s come to be known as stolen valor: civilians...
The law amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a person to fraudulently claim having received a valor award specified in the Act, with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit by convincing another that he or she received the award.
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Jul 27, 2020 · The National Archives offers resources and hotline to help law enforcement expose false claims of military service and awards for benefits or loans. See examples of recent cases and the legal background of the Stolen Valor Act of 2013.
