{"id":46057,"date":"2014-05-06T07:48:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T11:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=46057"},"modified":"2014-05-06T07:49:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T11:49:13","slug":"steven-mickey-bunker-stolen-valor-pays-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=46057","title":{"rendered":"Steven Mickey Bunker; stolen valor pays off for a little while"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Steven Mickey Bunker convinced Veterans’ Affairs that he was paralyzed from his service in Iraq, so they ended up paying him $159,000, including $40,000 for an adaptive vehicle which he promptly traded in for a Hummer. This guy is pure class, according to the Washington Times<\/a> article.<\/p>\n

His story caught the attention of federal officials after the Myrtle Beach Sun News wrote a story on Mr. Bunker and then received multiple complaints that Mr. Bunker was not telling the truth.<\/p>\n

Mr. Bunker is also facing several other charges, including the fact that he didn\u2019t register as a sex offender after committing or attempting to commit a lewd act with a 16-year-old; and lied about prior felony convictions in order to purchase guns.<\/p>\n

In addition to the maximum of 15 years, Mr. Bunker is facing a $250,000 fine. His mother and stepfather also pled guilty to charges that they helped him carry out the fraud.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They can’t keep their phony stories out of the news and the journalists just sit around and wait for veterans to do their job for them. And a large number of the phonies seem to be sexual predators. Funny about that, heh? <\/p>\n

And apparently, you’ll get your disability approved at the VA faster if you lie about the circumstances of your injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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