He collected nearly $200K posing as a Vietnam vet ...

The News & Observer (via Stars & Stripes) ^ | June 18, 2018 | AARON MOODY

[Neil E. Wright]

full title: He collected nearly $200K posing as a Vietnam vet with 2 Purple Hearts — but he never served

A Charleston, S.C. man collected nearly $200,000 in VA benefits over the past few years while listed as a Navy medic who received two Purple Hearts for his service in Vietnam.

But Keith R. Hudson, 70, was never in the military, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina said Wednesday.

“This is a particularly awful type of white collar crime,” U.S. Attorney Sherri Lydon said in a news release. “Veteran health benefits are for those who served our nation in the military. The VA has limited numbers of physicians and resources.

[Neil E. Wright]

Ok, this is an older article, but I didn't see it when I searched for it.

This slimebucket should spend the rest of his miserable life in prison.

[gov_bean_ counter]

But it is ok to tell this lie to get elected to public office where the payoff is much greater.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Have Obama give him an award

[rhubarbk]

Yeppers . . .

[2banana]

What did he claim to get so much money?

*****

“A Charleston, S.C. man collected nearly $200,000 in VA benefits over the past few years...”

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Have Obama give him an award”

They could get together and compare notes.
Winning a Nobel Prize for doing nothing on one hand, and falsely claiming to to be a Vietnam vet on the other.

[PAR35]

He should have bought himself a toy drum. Then all of the media would have been on his side.

[Fiddlstix]

This slimebucket should spend the rest of his miserable life in prison.

DITTO THAT!!!

[marktwain]

He should have bought himself a toy drum. Then all of the media would have been on his side.

Only if he claimed to have the right ancestry.

[rrrod]

De skin him..

[Neil E. Wright]

I'm guessing probably disability and medical benefits.

From the above article:
"Hudson in 2015 falsified a report of separation of active duty – called a DD-214 – on which he “represented that he was in the Navy and saw combat as a medic, suffering wounds and other trauma,” according the release. He said he received two Purple Hearts over the course of his service, from 1967-1971."

[seawolf101]

At first I thought thi was about John F*n Kerry.

[redfreedom]

In this day and age I can see how a 214 can be forged. But the VA goes and gets personnel records from the NPRC to verify the 214 he gives them and service treatment records the military kept on him. Apparently the VA did not do that.

The VA maintains what’s called a C-File on each vet. Mine is over 1700 pages.

[Seaplaner]

https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/man-who-lied-about-being-combat-veteran-sentenced-to-federal-prison/1611587726

From the above link, the vet-valor thief was sentenced to a whole 6 months.

Sheesh, 6 months?

6 years would be closer to my recommendation (plus full restitution and a whole lotta community work cleaning latrines in VA hospitals.)

.

[Jess Kitting]

He collected nearly $200K posing as a Vietnam vet . . .

Let's play Jeopardy:

Who is John Kerry? Who is Nate Phillips?

[ConjunctionJunction]

Who is Richard Blumenthal?

[TheZMan]

I figured it was the Indian.

[Ezekiel]

Ok, this is an older article, but I didn't see it when I searched for it.

[Clutch Martin]

200k would hsve a lot longer rhan a few years.

[Clutch Martin]

200k would have a lot longer than a few years.