1. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 09-22-2007 #6 -- PHONY VET SENTENCED FOR FALSIFYING A VA CLAIM AND ALTERING DISCHARGE PAPERS -- Kicked out of Basic after 44 days, Jesse MacBeth tried to make himself the poster boy for the anti-war movement.nf092207-6.htm
... of Basic after 44 days, Jesse Macbeth tried to make himself the poster boy ... of Basic after 44 days, Jesse Macbeth tried to make himself the poster boy ... the anti-war movement. Jesse Macbeth For more stories about Jesse Macbeth, use the VA Watchdog search engine ... District Court Judge Robert Lasnik Friday, Macbeth's federal public defender, Jay Stansell, said that if Macbeth didn't have PTSD from a ... government doesn't fully understand what Macbeth's motivations were. The interviews Macbeth gave were part of his effort to... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfSEP07/nf092207-6.htm
2. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 06-09-2007 #2 -- PHONY VETERAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD -- Could get five years in prison for making false statements to the VA and for altering discharge papers.nf060907-2.htm
... and for altering discharge papers. Jesse Macbeth Background here... http: ... in Iraq. The truth about Jesse Macbeth? He's a fraud, ... he's now facing prison. Macbeth, 23, pleaded guilty in a ... of boot camp after 44 days, Macbeth instead portrayed himself as a decorated soldier ... For several years beginning in 2003, Macbeth became a star of the anti- ... distributed on the Internet, a frail Macbeth dressed in camouflage told of killing hundreds ... As part of the plea agreement, Macbeth admitted he had been lying. Anti ... Web sites have pulled his video. Macbeth never got farther than boot camp at... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfJUN07/nf060907-2.htm
3. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 09-23-2007 #4 -- PROSECUTORS SAY FAKED MILITARY RECORDS COST THE VA AND TARNISH MEDALS -- "The phony war hero phenomenon...tarnishes the service of thousands of veterans who have served honorably...[and] it strangles VA resources."nf092307-4.htm
....S. District Court following the sentencing of Jesse Macbeth, a 23-year-old Tacoma resident ... participated in war crimes in Iraq. In reality, Macbeth, who also sought medical benefits for post- ... of his "entry level performance and conduct." Macbeth, who pleaded guilty, collected more than $ ... three months in a halfway house. At his sentencing Macbeth apologized for defaming veterans, while Lasnik noted that ...too many people with a political agenda grabbed Mr. Macbeth's story and ran with it, according ... the cases would discourage others from doing it. Besides Macbeth, the cases include: -Reggie Buddle,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfSEP07/nf092307-4.htm
4. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 05-20-2007 #2 -- PHONY VETERAN NABBED TRYING TO GET VA BENEFITS -- Tried to position himself as a leader of the anti-war movement by claiming to have participated in war crimes, now faces federal charges of falsifying his military record.nf052007-2.htm
... claiming to have participated in war crimes, now faces federal charges of falsifying his military record. Jesse Adam Macbeth It doesn't get any lower than this! Story here... http:// ... have participated in war crimes while serving in Iraq faces federal charges of falsifying his military record. Jesse Adam Macbeth, 23, formerly of Phoenix, garnered much attention on blogs and in the alternative media after he ...level performance and conduct." A complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle charged Macbeth with one count of using or possessing a forged or altered military discharge certificate and one count of making... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfMAY07/nf052007-2.htm
5. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 09-25-2007 #10 -- VIDEO: STOLEN VALOR -- A LOOK AT PHONY HEROES -- From ABC World News with Charles Gibson, Monday, September 24, 2007.nf092507-10.htm
...-- A look at the lowest of the low...phony vets and those who wear medals they haven't earned. For more on Jesse Macbeth who is featured in the video, use the VA Watchdog search engine...click here... http://www.yourvabenefits.org/ses search.php?q=macbeth&op=and For more on phony or "wannabe" vets, use the VA Watchdog search engine...click here... http:... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfSEP07/nf092507-10.htm
... "Operation Stolen Valor," which has been targeting people who make such false claims of military service and commit monetary fraud against the government. Bogus veteran Jesse Macbeth was arrested by VA investigators working Operation Stolen Valor cases in 2007. He was sentenced to five months in prison in September 2007 after he falsely claimed to be a corporal in the elite Army Rangers who was wounded in combat and saw war crimes committed by American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Like Bennest, Macbeth, of Tacoma, had filed fraudulent claims for benefits with the Veterans Affairs Office. P-I reporter Paul Shukovsky can be reached at 206-448-... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfdec08/nf121808-10.htm
7. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 10-09-2007 #6 -- FRAUD BUSTERS ON RISE AGAINST FAKE VETERANS -- The Internet and federal law enforcement help to expose military charlatans looking for respect and VA benefits.nf100907-6.htm
... allegedly cost the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs more than $1.4 million. In one of those cases, a Tacoma man named Jesse Macbeth was embraced by peace activists eager to discredit the Iraq war after he claimed to have joined other Army Rangers in slaughtering hundreds of unarmed civilians in Iraq. ... and it's now being used as a recruiting tool for suicide bombers." When he was sentenced to 5 months in federal prison Sept. 21, Macbeth apologized to troops whose reputations he trashed and to the peace groups who embraced his tales. But even as the Internet allows lies to spread, it also... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfOCT07/nf100907-6.htm
... U.S. Kitty Hawk and falsely claimed in a Bee interview he was a Navy SEAL wounded in ground conflict in Afghanistan. Others may have political or financial motives. In September, sentences and guilty pleas were announced for six Washington men charged with lying about their military service, including anti-war protester Jesse Macbeth, 23. He claimed to be a decorated Army Ranger who participated in Iraq atrocities, but he'd been discharged after a month in the Army in the United States. Another Washington man, Reggie Buddle, 60, was convicted of posing as a Marine Corps chaplain so he could perform weddings, funerals... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfDEC07/nf122807-2.htm
