{"id":113287,"date":"2021-05-08T09:18:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=113287"},"modified":"2021-05-08T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:18:21","slug":"man-busted-for-creating-fake-army-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=113287","title":{"rendered":"Man Busted for Creating Fake Army Unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-10.23.18-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-113288 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-10.23.18-AM-500x330.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-10.23.18-AM-500x330.png 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-10.23.18-AM-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-10.23.18-AM-768x506.png 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-07-at-10.23.18-AM.png 1496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">Faking one&#8217;s service is despicable, but creating an entire fake Army unit can be filed under &#8220;Go Big or Go Home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">In an article by We Are The Mighty, they showcase such a thing&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wearethemighty.com\/articles\/this-chinese-guy-got-busted-for-making-a-fake-us-army-unit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>This Chinese guy got busted for making a fake US Army unit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Posted On May 07, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last month, the FBI arrested a Chinese man for creating a fake U.S. Army unit and recruiting immigrants with a promise of US citizenship, highlighting the danger of disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office, Yupeng Deng provided his recruits with ACU digital camouflage uniforms\u2014supposedly, he didn\u2019t offer Multicam fatigues because the unit was a Reserves outfit\u2014toured them in the USS Midway, a decommissioned aircraft carrier that serves as a museum in the San Diego harbor, and even had them parade in a Los Angeles suburb.<\/p>\n<p>Deng called his unit the \u201cU.S. Army\/Military Special Forces Reserve Unit (MSFR),\u201d and for himself, he took the grand title of \u201c<em>Supreme Commander<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese national was quite effective, persuading more than 100 Chinese citizens to join his fake Army unit, charging between $300 and $450 for each \u201crecruitment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t clear to me if the people that joined the unit knew the true story.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Deng has been charged with Theft by False Pretenses, Manufacturing Deceptive Government Documents, and Counterfeit of an Official Government Seal. 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