{"id":150491,"date":"2023-12-07T08:15:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=150491"},"modified":"2023-12-06T16:44:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:44:05","slug":"sarah-cavanaugh-who-posed-as-marine-with-cancer-now-eligible-for-reduced-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=150491","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Cavanaugh, who posed as Marine with cancer, now eligible for reduced sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cavanaugh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-122437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cavanaugh-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cavanaugh-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cavanaugh-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cavanaugh-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cavanaugh.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Jane Cavanaugh stole the identity of a Marine with cancer. Cavanaugh later admitted to fraudulently receiving a quarter million dollars from charitable donations and employee benefit programs while using this identity. She was sentenced to serve six years, scheduled to be released from prison towards the end of 2027. A new federal rule makes her, and a few others, eligible for reduced sentences.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From WPRI.COM:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The rule retroactively gives qualifying criminals a break on prison time, especially those who lack a prior history of breaking the law.<\/p>\n<p>Federal officials have already sent letters to three white-collar criminals in Rhode Island, including Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, an East Greenwich woman who pleaded guilty earlier this year after investigators discovered she&#8217;d stolen the identity of a Marine with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Using the stolen identity in what&#8217;s known as a &#8220;stolen valor case,&#8221; Cavanaugh admitted to fraudulently collecting a quarter million dollars over five years from charitable donations and employee benefit programs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sarah Cavanaugh&#8217;s conduct in the course of her scheme is nothing short of appalling,&#8221; Rhode Island U.S. Attorney Zachary Cunha said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Cavanaugh, who was sentenced to six years behind bars, is currently scheduled to be released from prison in December 2027, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.<\/p>\n<p>The second convicted criminal notified so far is Sarah Gaulin, who was convicted of embezzling more than $740,000 from a Rhode Island law firm in 2021. A former bookkeeper, Gaulin admitted to making checks meant for the law firm payable to herself and spending the funds on personal expenses, including rent, car payments and credit card debts.<\/p>\n<p>Gaulin has already been released to live at a residential re-entry center, more commonly known as a halfway house, and is scheduled to be released from there next September, according to the BOP.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>WPRI.COM has additional information on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/target-12\/stolen-valor-fraudster-other-ri-criminals-eligible-for-early-release-under-new-rule\/\">story<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Jane Cavanaugh stole the identity of a Marine with cancer. 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