Guardian of Valor

BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA –   Ciro Angel Ardon Rivas, a 21-year-old from Barstow, California was arrested on Friday for allegedly  presenting himself as an Army Recruiter and scammed his accomplices mother and grandmother out of $13,000. He was arrested after the mother contacted real Army recruiters and they told her she had been scammed. Police arrested Rivas and two teenage boys on suspicion of grand theft and conspiracy to commit theft by false pretense. The victim told police the man identified himself as Capt. Daniel Angel Lopez at her home and began discussing the…

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Veteran Ryan Lonergan WILLIAMS BAY WISCONSIN –  Ryan Lonergan is an Iraqi War Veteran who served in the Wisconsin Army National Guard from 2006 -2014. Ryan served a tour in Iraq from 2009 -2010, ending his career in 2014 and opting to go to college. Ryan is currently attending George Williams College in Wisconsin, and last Tuesday Ryan had a run-in with a fraud on campus. We spoke to Ryan via phone today to get the full story of what transpired. He tells us that he was in the Dining Hall of…

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Darryl Lee Wright Snoqualmie, Washington – A former Idaho Army National Guard Soldier has been in indicted for multiple counts of wire fraud and mail fraud, and making false statements in connection with an extensive scheme to fraudulently obtain federal and state benefits, announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. According to the indictment, Wright made a variety of false claims in his scheme to defraud the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Social Security Administration, and the Washington State Department of Employment Security. False statements also were made to the…

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Deserea Hopkins in a photo provided to KLTV showing no tapes and SSG rank ‘ Longview Texas – On December 24th, 2015, KLTV Reporter Kim Leoffler interviewed Deserea Hopkins for a story entitled “East Texas Veteran Has Christmas With Kids After Years Apart.”  After the story aired, we began getting a lot of emails and Facebook messages about her story.(Special thanks to Dennis Youngblood for his initial posting in OIF/OEF Vets). In the interview she says she had been on two deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and that she had…

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Wisconsin –  If you lie about Military service or awards earned, and gain anything by your lies, you can now be prosecuted in the state of Wisconsin. Governor Walker signed into law Senate Bill 95, the bill states: Senate Bill 95 relates to falsely claiming military service or honors.  Under Senate Bill 95, anyone who claims that he or she is serving in the military, or that he or she received an honor or reward related to military service with the intent to obtain a financial or other tangible benefit…

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