{"id":179059,"date":"2026-02-07T08:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=179059"},"modified":"2026-02-07T08:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T13:44:58","slug":"tennessee-woman-indicted-for-stolen-valor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=179059","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Woman Indicted for Stolen Valor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bass.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-179061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bass-406x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bass-406x333.jpg 406w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bass-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bass.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s take inventory&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being shot multiple times ? (CHECK)<\/li>\n<li>Saving her fellow soldiers ? (CHECK)<\/li>\n<li>Last in her &#8216;platoon&#8217;? to survive ? (CHECK)<\/li>\n<li>Having a GoFundMe ? (CHECK)<\/li>\n<li>Having a service dog ? (NOT SURE YET)<\/li>\n<li>Having &#8220;fully bionic abdominal organs&#8221; that needed electrical charging X (HOLD EVERYTHING! THIS IS NEW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Amanda Bass pleaded guilty to pretending to be a wounded Marine for 10 years, scamming charities, churches, and GoFundMe donors out of thousands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Gold Star Mom Janne Zaccognino\u2014who lost her actual Marine son in Afghanistan\u2014smelled the BS immediately and went full detective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">&#8220;She said she was the ONLY survivor of her entire platoon,&#8221; Zaccognino said. &#8220;A platoon has like 40 people. That&#8217;s not a unit, that&#8217;s a Final Destination movie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The red flags were <em>everywhere<\/em>: Bass wouldn&#8217;t name her unit, had military ID photos where she was <em>smiling in a white t-shirt with a cute bob<\/em>, and claimed she died multiple times in Afghanistan before doctors gave her chargeable cyborg organs (because apparently she&#8217;s part Roomba).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Real Marines looked at her photos and basically said: &#8220;This looks like a Glamour Shots session, not military documentation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Bass allegedly scammed $8,000 from GoFundMe, got a free HVAC system, a wheelchair ramp, and milked charities while never serving a single day in the military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">She faces sentencing in May and could get decades in prison\u2014plenty of time to charge those bionic organs. She&#8217;s currently out on her own recognizance, presumably Googling &#8220;do prisons have outlets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARTICLE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/new-details-emerge-in-west-tennessee-womans-fake-military-combat-story-records-show\/article_7f93a21d-3faa-4469-85e6-0e95a8a0b0d0.html\">https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/news\/new-details-emerge-in-west-tennessee-womans-fake-military-combat-story-records-show\/article_7f93a21d-3faa-4469-85e6-0e95a8a0b0d0.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take inventory&#8230; Being shot multiple times ? (CHECK) Saving her fellow soldiers ? 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