{"id":50176,"date":"2014-06-08T10:21:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T14:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=50176"},"modified":"2014-06-08T10:21:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T14:21:09","slug":"walt-eatman-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=50176","title":{"rendered":"Walt Eatman sentenced"},"content":{"rendered":"

We talked about Walt Eatman in March<\/a> when he was busted for stealing about $106,000 in benefits from the VA for his phony Vietnam service. He was sentenced Friday according to Stars & Stripes<\/a>, but no jail time – all probation, but at least he has to pay back the money he stole;<\/p>\n

Eatman, known as “Walt” and “Sandman,” was sentenced to five years of probation. He also must pay the government back $53,270 for medical treatment to which he was not entitled. He could have received up to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors initially said he stole about $106,000 in government money and benefits, including medication and mental-health counseling for post-traumatic stress syndrome, by lying about having been in combat in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Lazzara, who sentenced Eatman in his Tampa courtroom, reduced the amount after the Department of Veterans Affairs decided that Eatman did qualify for treatment for hearing problems.<\/p>\n

Eatman falsely claimed he received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star after serving in Vietnam, court records show. He was in the service from August 1965 to August 1967, but he was not in combat.<\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty Feb. 27 to theft of government funds and making false statements.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It looks like some of the guys he had fooled stuck up for him in court saying that Walt had put the interests of his Legion post and veterans in general ahead of everything else. How is that possible? He was a shithead liar who made up stories. That’s putting himself ahead of his Legion post and veterans, FFS. Well, at least we’ll get our money back.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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