{"id":106033,"date":"2020-10-10T09:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T13:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=106033"},"modified":"2020-10-11T16:53:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T20:53:54","slug":"man-sentenced-to-16-months-for-stolen-valor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=106033","title":{"rendered":"Man Sentenced to 16 Months for Stolen Valor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Marine Corps Times<\/a> and Newsweek<\/a> report that a man was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for claiming to be a Marine that was wounded twice in combat; then using these claims to fraudulently obtain medical and other benefits. The man, James Jonathan Stiles<\/a> of Orange California, was also to ordered to pay over $150K in restitution.<\/p>\n

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Man Gets 16 Months in Prison Over Stolen Valor Government Fraud Scheme<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

BY\u00a0DANIEL VILLARREAL<\/a><\/span>

Stiles was found guilty of seven counts of government fraud including $194,526 in medical visits and $3,771 in housing payments that he received from Veterans Affairs (VA) by claiming to have served in the military from 1995 to 2005. He told VA officials that he had served on a combat tour in March 2005 and won two Purple Heart medals for being injured in the line of duty, according to the\u00a0Marine Corps Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although the articles lead with Stolen Valor, it seems he was convicted of fraud vs. stolen valor.\u00a0 This is most often the case.<\/p>\n

You have to give him points for his story’s originality…<\/p>\n

During court proceedings, prosecutors played a March 2016 recording in which Stiles falsely claimed that he “was a captain in the Marine Corps, that he served for 10 years, that he was simultaneously shot in the head by a 5-year-old ‘kid’ and in the back by a sniper, that he was subsequently in a coma for approximately two years, and that he still lives with the bullet in his head,” according to a sentencing memorandum cited by PE.com.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He admitted that he never served.<\/p>\n

We could not find a photo of him.<\/p>\n

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From “ninja”…<\/em><\/p>\n

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FACEBOOK#1: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CAPTSTILES<\/a><\/p>\n

FACEBOOK#2: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Stiles.Demulationc\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to ninja for the information!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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