| PHONY COLORADO VET
TO FACE STOLEN VALOR CHARGES
U.S. authorities have charged an
admitted military faker exposed by Colorado veterans this spring
for lying about being a Marine captain.
NOTE from
Larry Scott, VA Watchdog dot Org
... This is a long and intriguing story.
And, it's about time, this phony
is being charged.
VETERANS EXPOSE "ADVOCATE" AS
A PHONY -- "I think that everybody kind of gave him the benefit
of the doubt. Every veteran should feel betrayed."
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/
nf09/nfmay09/nf051409-5.htm
PHONY VETERAN CATCHES INTEREST
OF FBI -- FBI is looking into vet's story to see if he illegally
profited from his work with the Colorado Veterans Alliance.
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09
/nf09/nfmay09/nf052009-2.htm
PHONY VETERAN BLAMES MENTAL
ILLNESS FOR HOAX -- Rick Strandlof claims he cannot remember
many events over the past three years due to schizophrenia and
bipolar mental disorders.
http://www.vawatchdog.org/0
9/nf09/nfjun09/nf060709-2.htm
WANNABE: HOW HE GOT AWAY WITH
IT -- The charismatic drifter with a history of mental illness
and petty crimes managed to fool many veterans in Colorado.
http://www.vawatchdog.org/
09/nf09/nfjun09/nf060909-4.htm
The latest is below:
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Authorities: Activist claimed
false medals
By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/
2009/10/marine_fakercharged_100209w/
U.S. authorities have charged an admitted military faker exposed
by Colorado veterans this spring for lying about being a Marine
captain who served three tours in Iraq, was wounded in combat and
survived the 9/11 terror attack on the Pentagon.
Richard Strandlof, 32, was charged Thursday with violating the
federal Stolen Valor Act, which prohibits claiming military
decorations that have not been earned. Using the alias Rick
Duncan, Strandlof became an activist, founding the Colorado
Veterans Alliance and campaigning for anti-war political
candidates under the premise. He told other veterans that he was a
Purple Heart and Silver Star recipient wounded by an improvised
explosive device in 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq, authorities said in an
affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver.
To read the rest of the article
... click here ...
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009
/10/marine_fakercharged_100209w/
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TOPICS:
veterans, veterans' benefits, VA, Department of Veterans' Affairs,
Stolen Valor, Strandlof |
