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A Rhode Island woman who posed as an ailing military veteran to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits and charitable contributions has been…

A Rhode Island woman has been sentenced for a fraud scheme that may be one of the worst cases of stolen valor in history.

Sarah Jane Cavanaugh’s story of combat injuries while serving as a Marine in Iraq and her subsequent cancer diagnosis upon returning to civilian life brought out the generosity of multiple veter...

A con artist who raked in $250,000 worth of donations after lying about being a cancer-stricken Marine Corps veteran has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison.

Joshua Isaac Nichols, the son of imprisoned Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, added to an extensive rap sheet by pleading guilty in Las Vegas in the kidnapping and armed robbery of a 67-year-old jeweler in a deal that means at least five years in prison.

A former social worker at a veteran’s hospital who stole patient information to collect nearly $300,000 has been sentenced to prison.

Court documents described her conduct as being "among the more reprehensible seen in this District from a fraud defendant."

Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, 32, whose near-daily criminal conduct over a period of five years is described in court documents as being

Sarah Jane Cavanaugh used stolen patient information to brazenly pass herself off as a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer and fraudulently collect...

Sarah Jane Cavanaugh used stolen patient information to brazenly pass herself off as a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer and fraudulently collect...