{"id":127808,"date":"2022-07-14T08:10:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=127808"},"modified":"2022-07-14T08:27:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:27:22","slug":"fake-marine-pleads-guilty-in-stolen-valor-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=127808","title":{"rendered":"Fake Marine Pleads Guilty in Stolen Valor Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several news outlets are reporting that Sarah Cavanaugh, who we posted about here<\/a>, has plead guilty to federal charges in a case of Stolen Valor.<\/p>\n

East Greenwich woman to plead guilty to federal charges in stolen valor case<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

by SCOTT ALLEN, NBC 10 NEWS\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0

An East Greenwich woman accused of falsely claiming to be a decorated veteran with cancer to collect benefits will plead guilty to\u00a0various fraud-related charges.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that Sarah Cavanaugh will plead guilty to fraud, aggravated identify theft, forgery and fraudulent use of medals.
\nThey said she collected more than $250,000 in charitable benefits and contributions by falsely posing as a decorated U.S. Marine fighting cancer.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said a search of military records found Cavanaugh, 31, never served in any branch of the military. They said she used her job as a social worker at the Rhode Island Veterans Affairs Medical Center to access the personal information and medical records of a Navy veteran who had cancer and a Marine.<\/p>\n

“She allegedly used the information to create fraudulent documents and medical records in her name, claiming that she was an honorably-discharged Marine stricken with cancer. It is further alleged that Cavanaugh used the fraudulent documents in various schemes to obtain more than $250,000 in cash, charitable donations, and services reserved for injured veterans,” a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Cavanaugh bought replicas of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star to wear on a Marine uniform she wore at public events.<\/p>\n

Cavanaugh’s sentence will be determined by a federal judge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I may have read this wrong but it doesn’t seem like she was convicted of stolen valor according to the Stolen Valor Act.\u00a0 Sounds more like she was convicted of ancillary crimes such as identity theft, fraud, etc.<\/p>\n

I guess our readers won’t be able to speculate about ‘Bubba.’\u00a0 \u00a0May have to come up with another name in this case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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