Posted on 05/13/2010 5:01:57 AM PDT by meatloaf
I'm trying to determine if a federal law has been broken.
In none of the instances have charges been filed. The person has now been employed as a police officer. Part of his resume includes being a military police officer. The person has not worn a uniform or claimed to have been awarded ribbons.
Has the person violated federal law by claiming military service?
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USC 18 § 912. Officer or employee of the United States
Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Does this statute apply to the office of the president?
Possibly state fraud laws for lying on a resume submitted to a government agency.
Obviously not.
Going directly to the application for his LEO employer. Somewhere in the fine print above the signature "penalty for perjury" for lying on the app.
Much more viable charge -- if any fabrications on his resume are provable.
JMHO...
Meatloaf, see if this helps.
http://www.lovefraud.com/07_howToCheckThemOut/Verify_military_service.html
Age of person? Go to the town he lives in and see if they have a DD-214 on file from him. This is a record of military service used to verify eligibility for property tax credit. it is a public document.
Depending on his age, if he served during a war, Vietnam as an example his enlistment / draft record my be able to be located.
Search his name for resumes.
The DD-214 contains private information (SSN, name, address, etc.). It is not a public document. Only the original recipient, or their next of kin can request copies. If you are next of kin, you have to prove such.
I’m familiar with the process. I recently got a copy of my DD214. I’ve talked to a few other folks locally. Through a contact, I believe the individual, in his early 20’s, is going to have a problem when he goes the police academy.
The real issue is small towns in WV have a hard time attracting and retaining police officers due to the low pay. Sometimes they don’t look too close at the credentials.
A copy of my DD214 is in file with Town I live in, it is a public record because it supports the Tax Credit I am entitled to.
That DD-214 data contains your personal information - that is different from the public property tax rolls. The property tax rolls don't tell you anything but who owns the property, and what its assessed value is and the tax. They may indicate that there is a deduction for a veteran, but they cannot release your data, they can only verify that a DD-214 is on file. That DD-214 would get the county in trouble if they released it to anyone but you or your next of kin.
WRONG
Definitely, if you can bring suitable charges. We’re working on it ...
If you recorded it at the county clerk's office, that office has a responsibility to provide only redacted copies (SSN blacked out) to anyone asking. They cannot release one with the SSN intact for anyone but you or your next of kin.
To me, release of a copy of the DD-214 is something that should never occur except to the individual or kin, as that form also contains your birth date, where you entered service, exited service and other information that others should never be able to obtain.
Every politician lies. His constituents expect it. So, there is an automatic exclusion. It is in the penumbra of the constitution.
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