\u201cThis is the Stolen Valor Act. It doesn’t say stolen money, stolen tangible items, stolen monetary values. It’s talking about Matthew and every other soldier that someone has impersonated out there,\u201d Pucino Haglof said. \u201cTheir heroism, their courage, their bravery \u2013 that’s what they’re stealing. For someone to take Matthew’s identity and steal it, to the women that he’s portraying himself to, they’re tarnishing his name, his pictures.
\n\u201cIt’s disgraceful. And that’s why it needs to be changed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Supreme Court decided that Stolen Valor is a victimless crime and that’s why Congress rewrote the Act to protect some victims of the crime if they lost money. But, as we’ve seen time and again here at TAH, it is not a victimless crime. Take Phil Monkress, for instance. After we published the short story of his fakery, his wife was so hurt by the lie, she divorced him. We’ve seen families who had to dig up their deceased father because he lied about his military service and wasn’t allowed to be buried in certain cemeteries. Their last memory of their dearly departed was that he was a liar.<\/p>\n
Look at the broken-hearted wives and girlfriends who show up here to defend their man only to finally discovered that they were a fool by their lies. And then there are the Pucino sisters whose brother is now linked forever with this scummy garbage. Google Ashraf’s name and Pucino’s photos come up with his in the search results.<\/p>\n
Actually, I’m surprised that the prosecutor even charged Ashraf. Most of the time, prosecutors try to find a way to abrogate their responsibilities to prosecute these crimes. When I handed over my research to the Baltimore FBI office on Charles E. Baxter, they didn’t even know what the Stolen Valor Act is, and they told me that I have too much time on my hands. Needless to say, the investigation stopped there.<\/p>\n
Maybe if the legislatures put real teeth in the government’s laws, it would make the practice more costly for criminals and not worth their efforts. We keep electing Senators who lied about their service (Richard Blumenthal & Tom Harkin), so it’s really no wonder that no one is paying attention. Everyone supports the laws because they feel good about themselves for doing so, but no one really wants to see these people punished.<\/p>\n
Thanks to Mary for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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