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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...

Keith Hudson, Father of Katy Perry, Apologizes For Anti-Semitic Remarks By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem --- January 10, 2012 .... In a letter addressed to the ADL, Simon Wiesenthal Center and myself, representing the Israel News Agency, Keith Hudson, father of singer Katy Perry, apologized for recently making anti-Semitic remarks. Yesterday, I wrote the following letter to Mr. Hudson: "Dear Preacher Hudson, As a man who believes in Jesus Christ - why do you make racist statements about Jews and money? You stated: 'You know how to make the Jew jealous? Have some money, honey.' 'You go to...