{"id":18550,"date":"2010-04-13T08:07:56","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T13:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=18550"},"modified":"2010-04-13T08:07:56","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T13:07:56","slug":"phony-charity-busted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=18550","title":{"rendered":"Phony charity busted"},"content":{"rendered":"

TSO sends this link to an article<\/a> about a California man who set himself up as a charity for Vandenburg AFB and claimed to be a Navy commander;<\/p>\n

Beginning in October 2006 and running through late 2007, [James Kent Barbee, 60] collected a total of $94,130, investigators said. He would occasionally don a military uniform when meeting with prospective donors, authorities said, and reportedly had a photo of himself in uniform posted on his website.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe learned of the Liberty Spirit after a legitimate military officer, who is also a doctor, met with Barbee to discuss the foundation,\u201d said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman with the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in Los Angeles. \u201cThe legitimate officer quickly realized that Barbee was a fake. The matter was referred to DCIS, which opened an investigation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This scumbag will be running around free on a puny $25,000 bond until October when he gets sentenced. The bail amount should indicate how seriously the judge takes this crime. The article says he faces 20 years in a Federal pound-you-in-the-ass prison for all of the charges against him, but I’ll bet dollars to donuts that he gets less than a quarter of that.<\/p>\n

From another article<\/a>;<\/p>\n

At least one donor gave $12,000 on the condition that the money be used to make a video about a treatment facility in Missouri for veterans with PTSD, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

Instead, Barbee used a large portion of the money on rent for his Carpinteria home and other personal expenditures, court documents state.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s why I always check out any charities before I post about them here. There are serious scumbags out there waiting to relieve you of your dough and I won’t be a part of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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