Probably the mortgage company isn’t allowed to actually check that the information given by the applicant is true & accurate. Kinda like the DMV not being allowed by rule to inquire into an applicant’s citizenship status while they are required to push “motor-voter”.
Regulations confounding Law. Seems to be a theme where the liberals don’t like the Law.
Before I applied for my GI loan, I had to visit the local branch of Veterans Administration to get the qualifying certificate to present to the mortgage loan company. Those folks at the VA, who look at DD214s all day, are the ones who check off on that! That was back in the mid-90’s. However, even the paper records from the era of my discharge have been scanned into the VA system, for when I filed for VA medical care this past March, they were able to pull it up onscreen.
Without further researching the facts of this guy’s actions, one can only surmise that this a-hole made claims that were taken to heart by some do-gooder who meant all the best, but did not check the record for veracity. The do-gooder (perhaps a local bank branch manager?) got scammed. I can imagine that happening if this fake’s human interest ‘story’ were aired by local media - who also allowed themselves to be scammed. What, like some liberal reporter knows what a real DD214 looks like? Phffffffffffffffffftttt!
Again, all a hypothetical.
See there Mr. Fake War Injury? I can play that game too!