Army Vet Sentenced to Year In Prison For $80,000 Fraud, Stolen Valor
A U.S. Army veteran will serve a year behind bars for wire fraud and stolen valor charges. Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, of Newburgh, New York, previously made false public claims about assisting homeless veterans. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti sentenced her to 12 months and one day in prison for claims of being […]
21-Year-Old Soldier Hacked Databases, Threatened to Leak Stolen Data, Feds Say
A now-former U.S. Army soldier has pleaded guilty to a hacking and extortion scheme in which federal prosecutors said he stole data from 10 telecommunications companies’ databases, then threatened to leak the data “unless ransoms were paid.” While on active duty, Cameron John Wagenius, 21, and others working with him hacked into the companies’ protected […]
The Making of a Fake War Hero: An American Who Reinvented Himself as a Social-Media Soldier in Ukraine Is Accused of ‘Stolen Valor’
Read the original article on Business Insider. When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a 48-year-old American veteran and building contractor from Connecticut named James Vasquez was one of thousands of volunteers who went to join the fight. He quickly became one of the most recognizable faces of the foreign fighters in Ukraine, often […]