Lantigua, who had emigrated to the U.S. as a youth, purchased Circle K Furniture in 2008 after claiming to have served more than 20 years as a senior officer and in Airborne Ranger special operations in the U.S. Army, where he claimed to have earned the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest military honor for bravery. Records released by the Army contained no record of Lantigua seeing combat and no record of his serving in special forces or of his being awarded the Silver Star. He was enlisted for two years in the 1970s, then served in the Army Reserve from 1980-2002, records show.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He traveled to Venezuela and mysteriously died there and then he was cremated and the dearly departed ashes were returned to the family and planted. But the insurance company suspected foul play and refused to pay the claims which all paid off for them Saturday when Lantigua and his wife were arrested in their North Carolina home where the brainiac was hiding out.<\/p>\n
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