Life of pie: Soldier charged with loan fraud in bakery boondoggle
The soldier has been charged for allegedly using a fraudulent pie business called “Granny’s Delight” to obtain COVID-related business relief loans.
By J.D. Simkins
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ASVAB tutor scams target military prospects, Air Force recruiters say
A burgeoning world of scammers preys on would-be military recruits, many of them teenagers, by appropriating the identities of real military recruiters.
The Popeyes chicken sandwich is hurting military readiness
Popeyes set the world on fire August 12 with the release of a new crispy chicken
By J.D. Simkins
FBI: Fraudster posing as petty officer helped fleece females for $2.1 million
When the love is too good to be real.
By Navy Times staff
Service members are being duped into buying nonexistent vehicles
The scam continues a longstanding battle between service member and competent auto purchases.
By J.D. Simkins
Opinion: Scammers are targeting veterans. Operation Protect Veterans helps fight them.
Older veterans are even more at risk. They tend to be more trusting and are more susceptible to high-pressure tactics than younger persons. Sadly, there are far too many cases of older veterans losing their life savings and even their homes to these evil scammers.
By Carroll Harris
BAH bilker busted
His BAH said he lived in Brooklyn but the sailor's husband never even left Bangladesh, NCIS agents determined.
By Navy Times staff
Marine vet sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for scamming money from Gold Star mom, Marine families
Marine veteran John Shannon Simpson was sentenced to four years and ordered to pay restitution of $141,709.44 to the victims of his charity scam.
By Shawn Snow
Insurance scam bilked nearly $5 million from service members, authorities say
The trio set up shop outside the base.
Homeless Marine veteran gets probation in GoFundMe scam
A homeless Marine veteran was sentenced to five years’ probation Friday after admitting last month that he conspired with a couple to scam the public out of $400,000 in donations by concocting a feel-good story about him helping a motorist in distress.
By David Porter, The Associated Press
Homeless Marine veteran, woman in $400,000 GoFundMe scam plead guilty in federal court
Johnny Bobbitt Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering.
By Shawn Snow
Marine vet who asked for donations to send Marine families to Disney resorts pocketed money, feds say
According to feds, Simpson raised about $481,000 but pocketed nearly $391,000.
By Shawn Snow