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It appears they finally locked her up… for a few minutes.\u00a0 She posted bail and is back on the streets for the time being.<\/p>\n
A former North Kingstown VFW commander accused of faking military service and a cancer diagnosis has been released on bail despite an prosecutor’s fears that she may flee. Sarah Cavanaugh, who resigned from her position in January, is facing four federal felonies for fraud and identity theft.<\/p>\n
It is alleged that she falsely claimed to have received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star, and lied about developing cancer due to exposure in Iraq and Afghanistan to obtain donations for medical bills from HunterSeven, a nonprofit group providing aid to veterans.<\/p>\n
The Former VFW commander allegedly passed off a VA patient’s cancer diagnosis as her own.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Cavanaugh appeared before Judge Lincoln Almond as Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald Gendron recited his concerns about her release.<\/p>\n
“I have to say in the years I\u2019ve been doing this I\u2019ve seldom seen a fraudulent scheme that was so wide ranging as that perpetrated by Ms. Cavanaugh,\u201d Gendron said. \u201cIt seems that anything that was out there, any pot of money that she placed her hands on, she used fraud to try to acquire it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gendron said that unlike with a telephone scam, Cavanaugh’s victims \u201care people that trusted her, that she met on a daily basis sometimes face-to-face”.<\/p>\n
Attempts to flee?\u00a0 Gendron, expressing worries that Cavanaugh could flee, raised suspicion over her recent attempt to sell her Warwick home, noting that although the sale fell through, items were moved out of the house last week. Gendron also said Cavanaugh had recently canceled a trip to the Bahamas for which tickets had been bought.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I spent the last two weeks getting family and friends out of Ukraine.\u00a0 Many have decided to stay, at least for now.\u00a0 Maybe she can come to Ukraine instead of going to the Bahamas.\u00a0 We could use ‘A Few Good Persons’ at the moment.<\/p>\n
Just a thought.<\/p>\n
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