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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nOur friends at Australia and New Zealand Military Imposters<\/a> (ANZMI) were scrutinized in an article at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) entitled “Website outing people with ‘fake service records’ raises concern in veteran community<\/a>“. ANZMI does about what we do, I don’t think they use actual government documentation to prove their phonies are liars, but they do track down their service histories. They claim they’ve never been wrong in the hundreds of cases that they’ve exposed. <\/p>\n ANZMI has shared a few of their busts with us from time to time.<\/p>\n The article discusses a single case and they interview a homeless advocate;<\/p>\n He points to one particular case of a man he said suffered major trauma during a period of seven years serving in the Australian Defence Force.<\/p>\n “[He] unfortunately wore one medal on an Anzac Day I believe that he was not entitled to wear,” he said.<\/p>\n “He acknowledged to ANZMI that he’d done the wrong thing, he wrote a very detailed and heartfelt apology.”<\/p>\n ANZMI named him on their website anyway, and Mr Devereux said as a result the man was ostracised by the veteran community.<\/p>\n Mr Devereux said the report also caused him to be fired and kicked out of his accommodation.<\/p>\n “Over the past two years he has contacted me at least five times when he’s been suicidal and indeed ready to take his own life,” he said.<\/p>\n “And invariably the first thing he points to is as soon as you Google his name, the first thing that comes up is the ANZMI post.”<\/p>\n Mr Devereux said he did not want the site shut down, but change was needed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’d ask Mr Devereux what changes should be made? Shame and Google are the only weapons that we have in this war against frauds and liars who manipulate political opinions, hapless victims, the telling of history with their lies. Most prosecutors won’t touch a stolen valor case, so the only way we have to stop the fraud is public shaming and Google results. If folks don’t want to be shamed, they should stop pretending.<\/p>\n The ANZMI spokesman responds to the criticism;<\/p>\n Ultimately, the ANZMI said it blamed the subjects of its reports for any fall-out.<\/p>\n “It’s like a person blaming the police for them going to jail,” Mr Trueman said.<\/p>\n “It’s not the actions of ANZMI that have got them in the position that they’re in, it’s their lives and their actions.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n We stand with our brothers at ANZMI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"