{"id":107183,"date":"2020-11-12T16:15:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T21:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=107183"},"modified":"2020-11-12T16:15:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T21:15:23","slug":"the-wheels-of-justice-grind-slowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=107183","title":{"rendered":"The Wheels of Justice Grind Slowly…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our ninja brings us an update on a story first posted by The Dave a year or so ago. Seems Attorney Kevin Creed simply could not help but take advantage of the generosity of others. Long story short, he stole funds from a branch of the Fisher House Foundation that he set up, to the tune of 1.4M USD. Read the background posted here: Valor Guardians<\/a><\/p>\n

…Yet They Grind Exceeding Fine.<\/h3>\n

Lawyer Who Founded Veterans Charity Sentenced to Prison for Scamming Donors<\/h3>\n

By Don Stacom<\/strong><\/p>\n

With angry victims demanding a stiff penalty for disgraced attorney Kevin Creed, a federal judge on Monday sentenced him to three and a half years in prison for swindling $1.4 million from a Connecticut veterans charity.<\/p>\n

Creed, a former state trooper and decorated military veteran, showed no reaction when Judge Janet Hall announced what she said was the second-toughest term she had ever imposed in a fraud case.<\/p>\n

“You stole from veterans and people who gave in memory of veterans. You stole from schoolchildren,” Hall told Creed at a hearing on Zoom. “You used your background to make people trust you; you did it over a period of years.”<\/p>\n

Creed’s lawyer proposed a sentence of home release, but at least one victim told Hall that wouldn’t be nearly enough — especially since COVID-19 restrictions are keeping millions of Americans largely inside their homes.<\/p>\n

“He has given all nonprofit organizations a bad rap. Why should he deserve to live in a home he loves and is accustomed to? He belongs in jail,” said Lucille Rouse, one of hundreds of people whose donations to Fisher House of Connecticut were embezzled by Creed. “He’s a scammer.”<\/p>\n

Creed pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud for diverting money when he ran statewide fundraising to construct a Fisher House near the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Haven.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I donate, but will leave the charity unnamed to avoid the appearance of any impropriety. Dave’s opinion on supporting Veteran charities is well known, if a bit harsh. It’s because of scam artists like these that it is so; if you decide to support a charity regardless of the beneficiary do your research. The wallet you protect is your own. Read the entire article here: Military.com<\/a>.
\nThanks, ninja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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