{"id":87550,"date":"2019-05-31T08:30:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T12:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=87550"},"modified":"2019-05-30T21:47:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T01:47:25","slug":"four-get-jail-for-charity-scam-targeting-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=87550","title":{"rendered":"Four Get Jail for Charity Scam Targeting Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A story put out by WDRB.com<\/a> says that four people convicted of charity fraud targeting veterans are sentenced to four years in jail.<\/p>\n

All four members of a southern Indiana group who ripped off big money posing as a fake veterans charity are heading to federal prison.<\/p>\n

James Linville, Thomas Johnson, Joanie Watson and Amy Bennett confessed in federal court this week to the elaborate scam that duped people into thinking they were donating to help veterans and their families. Their punishments range from three to five years behind bars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Later…<\/p>\n

The group exploited the death of Spears’ 21-year-old son, Cpl. Jordan Spears, of Memphis, Indiana. He died in 2014 serving as a U.S. Marine in the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n

“(Jordan) wanted to be a Marine from the time he was 8 years old, and he ended up dying doing what he loved to do,” Greg Spears said of his son.<\/p>\n

The suspects used their fake “Wounded Warrior Fund” and “Wounded Warrior Foundation” to collect donations they claimed would help play for Spears’ funeral.<\/p>\n

“We were just sickened by the way they took advantage of the whole community using our son’s name,” Greg Spears said. “It just devastated our whole family.”<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors said over six years, the group scammed about 1,000 donors out of more than $125,000 in cash, gift cards, merchandise and in-kind donations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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