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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nEarlier this year, we talked a bit about Kenneth E. Jozwiak who was sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding the Veterans’ Affairs Department of a few thousand bucks. He claimed to be a Navy SEAL who served in Vietnam and was awarded four Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star.<\/p>\n
From the Justice Department<\/a>;<\/p>\n Kenneth E. Jozwiak, 68, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, previously pleaded guilty to unlawfully exhibiting a military discharge certificate, theft of government money, making false statements to federal agents, and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding.<\/p>\n \u201cThis defendant\u2019s lies about his service are an affront to those who saw combat and those wounded fighting on behalf of our nation,\u201d S[David A. Sierleja, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio] said. \u201cThis defendant did neither, and falsely inflated his service record in an effort to get additional benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFalsifying service records to defraud taxpayers and plagiarize other veterans valorous service will not be tolerated,\u201d [Gavin McClaren, Resident Agent in Charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General\u2019s Cleveland office] said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Well, it took a long time but we finally got his records;<\/p>\n He spent 21 months in service and left as a sailor in the Aviation branch of endeavor, an E-1, so he had some problems, but no SEAL, no Vietnam time, no Bronze Star, no Purple Hearts.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Kenneth-Jozwiak-FOIA-AA-257x333.jpg\")
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