[Lisa] Haglof said she reached out to Facebook, requesting they remove the accounts of “Damon Puccino,” “Dusstin Alex Puccino.” and “Emmanuel Pucino,” all containing her brother’s photos, stolen from the memorial page and other sites. <\/p>\n
When the profiles weren’t immediately taken down, Boston 25 News reached out to Facebook by email. Although Facebook did not reply by late Monday night, the three accounts soon disappeared.<\/p>\n
A dating profile on Match.com under the name, “Captain Smiley,” with a picture of Pucino, was finally taken down after Pucino’s family’s repeated attempts to have it removed, Haglof said.<\/p>\n
Match.com did not reply to Boston 25 News’ email requesting information.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s really sickening for our family to have to go through this constantly, and it\u2019s a battle,” Haglof said. “Despicable. It\u2019s disgusting, and these people can\u2019t have any soul. I mean, who does that to a fallen soldier?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’ve been involved in countless instances of phony profiles on social media, and Facebook is probably the worst. One time, it was my name and photos used as a phony profile, but it was only Wittgenfeld trying to get you folks to give him your real names and contact information so he and Bernath could add you to the lawsuit. It took a few weeks to get Facebook to respond to the theft of my identity, and luckily, no one fell for it in the interim.<\/p>\n
The Pucino sisters hope to change the stolen valor laws to include this type of theft. They really don’t have to, they only need a lawyer who can effectively argue in court that using military honors to meet dates is a “tangible benefit” covered by 18 USC 704 – the stolen valor law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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