Long Island man accused of faking Purple Hearts, stealing $81K from veterans group

A man dishonorably discharged from the US Army falsely cast himself as a decorated combat veteran and stole tens of thousands of dollars from a veterans organization, prosecutors on the east end of Long Island said Tuesday, the eve of Ve…
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