Name: Former Pvt. Roy Scott
From: Port Angeles, Wash.
The lie: Scott joined the local Marine Corps League and claimed to have left service as a major. The 71-year-old man claimed he fought in the Korean War and was pictured wearing the rank of major and a Purple Heart with a cluster, Combat Action Ribbon, Bronze Star and Korean War ribbons. He accepted almost $22,000 in VA medical benefits.
The reality: His DD 214 states he received a bad-conduct discharge and got out as a private. Scott was 14 years old when the Korean War began and didn?t enlist until Oct. 23, 1953, more than three months after the war ended.
The result: Dan Abbott, the commandant of the local Marine Corps League, said other league members grew suspicious of Scott as he shied away from the other Marine officers and spoke like a ?dirt private.? Abbott, with help from retired FBI agent Tom Cottone, launched an investigation into Scott?s record.
Scott pleaded guilty on Aug. 31 in federal court to using an altered military discharge certificate to obtain VA compensation and medical benefits and to unlawfully wearing military medals. On the day of his plea, he handed the judge a check for the amount of money received from the VA. He will be sentenced Nov. 30 by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Alice Theiler in Seattle.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/09/marine_faker_list_070916/
