{"id":102822,"date":"2020-07-28T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=102822"},"modified":"2020-07-27T19:17:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T23:17:50","slug":"stolen-valor-cases-rising-amidst-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=102822","title":{"rendered":"Stolen Valor Cases Rising Amidst Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Agents that track stolen artifacts from the National Archives. (National Archives)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is what National Archives investigators believe. They’re making their research resources more available to help combat stolen valor. They suspect an increase in stolen valor cases amidst the pandemic. They want to better assist law enforcement with addressing stolen valor cases.<\/p>\n

From Military.com:<\/span><\/p>\n

Metrick pointed to the recent case of Christopher Crawford, 31, who was sentenced in May on fraud and related charges to six to 12 years in jail for stealing at least $17,000 from American Legion Post 568 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Crawford allegedly used false claims to get the job as the post’s executive director and misused the post’s debit cards for unauthorized purchases, including trips to casinos.<\/p>\n

He had claimed to be an Army combat veteran wounded in Iraq, but the charges showed that he had been discharged at Fort Benning, Georgia, under “less than honorable conditions” for going absent without leave during basic training.<\/p>\n

In a statement when charges were filed in January, Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell said, “The conduct alleged in this case — masquerading as a combat veteran in order to infiltrate and steal funds from an American Legion post — is breathtakingly brazen and unprecedented in my almost 30 years of practicing criminal law in Lackawanna County. It’s an affront to every veteran.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Military.com has the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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