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We previously discussed Gregg Ramsdell when he was first accused of stolen valor<\/a> and again when he pled guilty to stolen valor<\/a>, he has now been sentenced to the maximum penalty.<\/p>\n A veteran who collected federal benefits after faking a mental health condition and who falsely claimed to have earned two military honors was sentenced to a year in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Gregg Ramsdell, 61, of Columbus was also sentenced to three years supervised release and ordered to pay $76,000 to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n He pled guilty to a single count of violating the 2013 Stolen Valor Act.<\/p>\n Ramsdell admitted that he\u00a0falsely claimed<\/a> to have suffered post-traumatic stress disorder when he applied for disability payments from the VA on Sept. 7, 2014. Ramsdell wrote he witnessed horrible atrocities during deployment in Afghanistan from October 2008 to March 2009, including \u201cmen, women and children being executed. Women holding babies while detonating themselves. IED explosions causing severe bodily injuries and death. Retrieving body parts and bagging them.\u201d<\/p>\n …<\/p>\n But Ramsdell was not in Afghanistan during period of time he claimed to witness the atrocities that supported his PTSD claim, and he admitted to investigators that he lied about having PTSD. In addition, Ramsdell obtained a civilian position at U.S. Army Fort Benning in 2017, in part because his resume listed that he was both a Silver Star and Purple Heart with Cluster recipient. He never received these honors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Adios<\/p>\n Hat tip to the King of Battle for the story tip. Source; AJC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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