His trick at the hospital was he would ask an intern for a diagnosis and treatment and then ask another one if they concurred. If they did, he ordered the treatment. The interns loved him as, unlike other bossy and mean supervisors, he listened to them and empowered them.
My father's father used to tell us grandkids all kinds of stories about his time in the airforce. Speaking for myself, I would go "yeah right ". When he died in 2005, we went to the funeral. I never saw so many gold braids. Bands around cuffs and stars. To say I ate posthumous crow is an understatement.
My buddy who was in the military gave me a backpack with camouflage on it because it was just a damn good backpack for traveling and i travel a lot. Anyways after being told “thank you for your service” 2x and me explaining that oh no my friend gave me this and im not in the military i stopped using it because being confused as a military member when im just some civilian was embarrassing enough. I cant imagine trying to purposely pretend to be a military member when you never were.
There's so many Vet Bro clothing companies that everyone has a cool vet looking shirt, bag or hat. I look for the older guys with the -insert war here- hat and thank them for their service.
Similar story--I have a USMC shirt cause my dad was in the marines for around...20 or so years. I stopped wearing it as anything but a pajama shirt cause I got embarrassed about being thanked for my service. I am not even close to USMC material, haha.
The difference in culture is strange to me. In my country no one would ever praise a soldier. They are viewed as worse than the police. They are ridiculed for being dumb and useless. A few years ago a soldier managed to drive out of his base with a car filled with weapons and no one batted an eye. After it became clear he wanted to assasinate the head of state the entire army launched a search party. They knew he was in a certain forest and combed it for a month before giving up. The day the forest reopend for the public, a hunter found him (he found his decomposed body saying it was hard to miss since you could smell it from the main road). Mind you, that is the second time this happened. We have a running joke that you only need two braincells to become a cop, but failing that, you can always join the army. So seeing your culture of army worship is definately weird to witness
As a combat veteran myself I HATE stolen valor. I’ve even caught a few including one of my very own old coworker. He constantly pulled the vet card always calling out blaming it on his “ptsd episodes”, getting Veterans Day and Memorial Day off while I, the actual veteran, had to work, he’d get gift cards from the company and everything. That was until I got fed up with his lying and checked him. I asked where he was stationed and he said ft hood. Well whatta ya know?! Me too! What unit were you in? This is when I started to see him panic on the inside…he named some crazy unit I have never ever heard of let alone in ft hood, followed by the golden excuse that screams stolen valor, “well you wouldn’t have heard of it because it was a top level super secret unit. You wouldn’t have known we were there in the first place. I can’t even tell you what my job was because I signed papers telling me I couldn’t” I looked at him with a devilish grin that was a mixture of anger and satisfaction while telling him “oh really? I’m curious though, why did you call it a job? Did you forget your MOS number?” His answer was pure gold. He said “because that’s what we had, a job. My unit didn’t do numbers or call anything MOS. I couldn’t even tell ya what MOS means because we followed rules outside of the military rules” “you mean UCMJ?” “No not UCMJ, UCMJ is only for marines. I was Army”. 😂boy oh boy I found myself yelling one of the iconic quotes from Full Metal Jacket yelling “Boy you better unfuck yourself before I unscrew your head and 💩 down your neck!” I told him that he had two choices; either come with me and come clean to all the bosses that he lied this entire time or I call the police right then and there and make it worse. Let’s just say he’s not there anymore 😂 🤷🏻♂️
@@SwineBrothersYup...... Timelines don't add up..... He was in prison or in other states on dates when he said he committed some of his most audacious frauds
Friend of mine's dad is an officer and have a few stories of how they do and teach things in my country, when it comes to medals they tell recuits "You're ONLY ALLOWED to wear medal that have been given to YOU personally and officially, and also HOW and WHEN you're allowed to wear them, no wearing grandpas old medals and it goes for everyone, military and civilian alike." It's not "freedom of speech" it's dishonoring any and all soldiers and p*ssing on their deeds and sacrifice. Also being convicted of stolen valor bars you from EVER having a chance to get into the military in ANY position.
Minor correction. If the medal or ribbon is listed on the veterans DD 214, they are allowed to wear it. Requirements and new medals come along all the time and are often retroactive. One example being the KDSM. Veterans can request Page Ave to check their service record and update their awards on a DD 215. After I got out I did that and found out I had 3 or 4 that were awarded after I was discharged.
@@felixleong61Its more of the “Your dad was the biggest fraud out there.” “Yeah, I know.” Its been revealed many times that none of Frank’s story actually went down, the fraud was making people believe that it was real the entire time.
I thought MAGAts loved the military but their god did everything in his (daddy's) power to avoid military service. Funny enough, they now question the patriotism of Walz, the veteran.
@@mr6johnclark Tim Walz was in the National Guard. The National Guard doesn't go to any combat zones. They stay on the base. Gosh! You are so gullible. Also, at least he served in the military. Trump was too chicken to serve when the Draft called him. Trump also mocks those who joined the military.
Biggest case of stolen valour (or walting as it’s known) in the uk was a man named James shortt Back in the 80’s shortt was invited to spend time with the SAS as he was writing a book on them, and managed to talk his way onto joining the 21 SAS the reservists regiment. After a few weeks he failed training and was kicked out but he went on to lie about being a soldier in the special forces in order to get work as a special forces advisor throughout Russia and Eastern Europe. He has at various points claimed to be a soldier, a martial arts master, a monk, a paramedic, a mercenary, the founder of a bodyguard organisation, a police detective, and a baron in the Irish nobility.
@@TimothyYocky not anymore. Back in the 90’s though descendants of Irish clans could still apply to have their titles officially recognised. It had no actual authority but there was some symbolic significance to it. In the early 90’s an idiot called terrence MacCarthy used false documentation to get himself named the chieftain of the MacCarthys and began calling himself the prince of Desmond, he then abused this authority to grant titles to his friends and set up a clan association to sell titles and other junk to Irish Americans. James shortt was one of the people terrence MacCarthy granted a title to, naming him a baron and also the head of the chieftains bodyguard (these were all meaningless titles with no authority or actual power) shortt then dressed a bunch of his friends up in kilts and paraded around various places in Ireland and America, again to sell merch to Americans. It all ended in the early 2000’s. The Belfast telegraph published a story calling terrence MacCarthy a fake (shortt tried to stop them by sending a threatening letter as the chieftains bodyguard) and the scandal ended in 2003 when the Irish government ended the practice of granting clans a courtesy title because they were sick of Terrence MacCarthys schemes.
@@samuelschick8813 Ah yes. When we fought the Viet Cong in Afghanistan. Good thing Uncle Frank Biden was there to save the day and win the Iron Cross in the process
"Freedom of speech" is such bullcrap In no other country would saying "I have the right to say anything I want" fly when convicted of fraud And then the judges agreeing with the dude
And a guy with strabismus thought he would pose as a war hero, even if he wouldn't be able to qualify for basic training due to his condition. Yeah, the audacity of this guy. At this point I'm surprised he didn't stated he was a marksman within "his" unit.
@@Wolf_3125 bro 30 year olds now look like late teens. Just open an old school book from the 70s. People 25-30 year old were balding and looking like uncles back then.
@@Wolf_3125 No they aren't. Stop believing those cherry picked cases you see and think they represent the majority. Most Gen Z look way younger then their Gen X parents when they were at the exact same age and they look pretty much the same age-wise as millennial did at the same age.
I’m a veteran. And I can often spot a stolen valor when I check their stories. And all too often they claim to be special forces, intel, or CIA. And when you ask basic questions such as what’s your first general order?, or what rank were you?, or where did you go to basic?, what was your MOS? And 10x out of 10x when they say “that’s classified I can’t tell you” that’s when I call them out right then and there. And I’m not alone in that sentiment
I went to college under the VA and there was a guy who claimed and bragged he was a navy veteran. So I asked him his rank and rate, what commands he served at, where he went to boot and such. Each time his answer was "I don't know."
@W.Stryker, Here's one that has me stumped, maybe you can figure it out. I was not SF and this does not make since. On my DD 214 it says I have the KDSM which I do have. But it is worded like this "KDSM + medal" and does not say what that medal is but does list my other awards.
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I have a particular disdain towards people who commit the crime of stolen valor. My father is a former Air Force MP, and I find it quite infuriating that people will openly lie about their nonexistent service records in order to abuse the benefits we give them.
So do I, I have two great grandparents on both my mom and dads side who served in both world wars, my grandfather served on my moms side served in WWII and my grandfather on my dad side was a radar operator I believe during the Korean War so yeah I have a particular dislike and contempt for those who claim military service when they don’t have proof
😂 of course you worship your ancestor, pagan. I'm a AF brat turned 82nd Abn Field artillery. Brought up to and currently believe in the one true and living God. As a child I recall the MP types showing up next door to calm down our neighbors. I recall blue and red flashing off the liners at both Mather AFB and what they now call Liberty but was Bragg when I was there and saw them. Mud puppies 😂😂😂
100% with you. Absolutely disgusting. Anyone who does that should automatically be given several years of community service. And I thank your father for serving.
Fun fact: Believe it or not, Richard Nixon also visited Yugoslavia during the 70's. And in one speeches he told this: Long live Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav people.
@@joieman Yes it was, since it was used the thing such as: Divide and conquer. But this discussion should be not talked here, since I hope that we don't talk about politics here.
In the UK we don’t have stolen valor as a crime, but if you use to gain benefit it is classed as fraud. All British forces are issued with a service number. With that number you can identify branch of service, in the Army it also identifies corp & recruit depot.
Abagnale claims to have worked as an assistant state attorney general in the U.S. state of Louisiana, served as a hospital physician in Georgia, and impersonated a Pan American World Airways pilot who logged over two million air miles by deadheading.The veracity of most of Abagnale's claims has been questioned, and ongoing inquiries continue to confirm that they were fabricated. In 2002, Abagnale admitted on his website that some facts had been overdramatized or exaggerated, though he was not specific about what was exaggerated or omitted about his life. In 2020, journalist Alan C. Logan provided evidence he claims proves the majority of Abagnale's story was invented or at best exaggerated.The public records obtained by Logan have since been independently verified by journalist Javier Leiva.
The only stolen valor videos I hate are the ones where they're bullying someone that's clearly special needs and is just wearing all that stuff because it's his dream and it's obvious how much he looks up to people in the military
Stolen Valor might invade someone's First Amendment right, but shows you how skewed our laws are. Anyway, we veterans got a way of dealing with these Stolen Valor clowns.
It absolutely doesn't invade someone's first amendment right. The first amendment isn't there to protect liars and scammers, it's to protect people telling the truth from government prosecution even if the government doesn't like what the person is saying. All of the rights are there to protect the people from the government, not so people can be vile and evil. It's the same reason it's illegal to yell "fire" in a building if there isn't one. It's not an invasion of the first amendment.
Well I mean, they might have a constitutional right to pretend to be veterans, but that also means people have a constitutional right to tell them what they feel about them... :D
I got curious so I had to look it up. In my home country Sweden, wearing a military uniform or insignia you're not entitled to is "impersonating a public servant" and is punished with a day-fine or up to six months of prison. But since you don't get any particular advantages from going around in a military uniform here, people are more likely to impersonate a police officer.
In the UK we don’t have stolen valor as a crime, but if you use to gain benefit it is classed as fraud. All British forces are issued with a service number. With that number you can identify branch of service, in the Army it also identifies corp & recruit depot. There are simple questions that quickly expose lies. Ask any British solider from before the mid eighties what a “Rats tail” is and they should say “Part of the bolt of a SLR”
@@dipidyl supposedly nixon was trying to get proof that the government was giving him the trump treatment. Nixon knew who killed JFK and wanted a real investigation
@telmomoreira7616 because they hate democracy. Or the democratic republic. The elites installed heels up Harris. That's not democracy. We try no to hate or fear them. "Fear turns to hate. Hate turns to evil."- Master yoda
24:50 The objection I have to Nixon's resignation aftermath is that congress should have refused to accept his resignation and continued toward impeachment. The consequences of not impeaching this criminal is that he continued to draw retirement benefits from the government as an ex-president until his death.
So I don’t think people should pretend to be military/have gotten military awards, but the first amendment says congress shall not make any law, (the mention of congress meaning it definitely blocks any federal law from being made that violates this) abridging the freedom of speech. There isn’t an exemption for speech that results in some kind of tangible benefit for you. There isn’t any exemptions. So technically speaking, the stolen valor act of 2013, which amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a person to fraudulently claim having received a valor award specified in the Act, with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit by convincing another that he or she received the award, is still against the first amendment, per the Supreme Court’s ruling in Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709.
I was expecting more than three videos. I wish Simple History can do a video on the Theranos scam and add that story to the greatest frauds compilation
Not technically. Stolen valor is only legally relevant when you claim to have been awarded a medal you did not get. Tim Waltz just lied about his rank at the time of discharge, and even then it is a bit fuzzy as he was acting in the capacity of the rank he claims.
You forgot to mention that Mr Abagnale's main motivation for starting his life of crime was because he needed money to impress women. He said so, himself, in his autobiography.
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So if claiming stolen valor is protected by free speech, what else could that protection extend to that is currently forbidden by law? Fraudulent Law enforcement? Lawyer? Doctor?
Over the years I wonder how many veterans have been thanked for their service, meals payed for in gratitude for veterans who fought for our freedom, only to find out that they want to remove at least some of our freedom by making our freedom of speech illegal. I thought the veterans served to protect our freedoms only to find out what is most precious to them is their valor. Never again will I thank a veteran for his service, because apparently their service was only to their own prestige, they care nothing for our freedom. There are already laws against fraud, it's called FRAUD! We don't need more laws which will only strip more of our rights away. I don't like fraudsters making any false claims at all, but I'm unwilling to sacrifice any more freedoms that veterans were supposed to have risked and sacrificed their lives for. They have their reward, it exists in their own minds. Why should we honor them?
I'd say mandatory 10 years community service. Don't make tax payers pay for them to sit in jail. But they want to be remembered for serving the community? Well they will now lol!
"in Europe" Actually i got once fined for wearing my rank in public but i was heading to a military ceremony with my car having breaking down midway after the strap snapped. So i had to use public transport and rookie cop stopped me didnt notice my military papers were legit. I got the fine regardless "around 100 dollars back then now its 500" but the rookie was kicked off the force as far as i know
Most of Abegnal's story was recently proved to be a lie. Ironically, living up to the sort of lies he tried to pass off in his made up story. Yes, he ran away from home, and yes he did likely make it onto at least one flight in a jump seat. He did also likely commit some amount of bank fraud, but that was after he had returned home (to his parents house). He had only been away for a few weeks before returning. Pretty much all other aspects are entirely made up. He did get a bunch of speaking gigs after the movie came out and has ripped off a huge amount of companies peddling the made up story, though. I don't think most really care what the truth is. The movie was super fun, but the man is just a delusional, pathological liar.
@@thehansgutenburgshow3149 "Your Honor, I invoke the First Amendment in defense of this comment's right to a fair trial and request an appeal if it faces unjust deletion!"
Well, cops are legally allowed to lie about anything with no exception, so why shouldn’t citizens? Or maybe nobody should be allowed to lie…? Just my two cents.
About stolen valor, it reminds me of that white supremacist from, dare I say it, Family Guy who stole military medals to pretend to be a retired war hero working as a janitor at an abandoned asylum, the guy whom Peter and his friends accidentally killed. It’s in the same episode where Brian wore his glasses.
I collect militaria, and had someone once try to accuse me of stolen valour... yeah because I, a 30 year old brit, was definitely there in Berlin '45 serving with the Red Army xD
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RAD!
So, we regular puds who watch you on the "lowlife" UA-cam level had nothing to do with it? Ok.
Like video
Or another reason why there's the part of something too good to be true that it probably is and should look out.
No fraud can EVER come close in magnitude like "DEMOCRACY" USA version.
His trick at the hospital was he would ask an intern for a diagnosis and treatment and then ask another one if they concurred. If they did, he ordered the treatment.
The interns loved him as, unlike other bossy and mean supervisors, he listened to them and empowered them.
My father's father used to tell us grandkids all kinds of stories about his time in the airforce. Speaking for myself, I would go "yeah right ". When he died in 2005, we went to the funeral. I never saw so many gold braids. Bands around cuffs and stars. To say I ate posthumous crow is an understatement.
My buddy who was in the military gave me a backpack with camouflage on it because it was just a damn good backpack for traveling and i travel a lot. Anyways after being told “thank you for your service” 2x and me explaining that oh no my friend gave me this and im not in the military i stopped using it because being confused as a military member when im just some civilian was embarrassing enough. I cant imagine trying to purposely pretend to be a military member when you never were.
It is that easy, most people don’t usually question the clothes or bags
Better to just take the complement anyway
Fraud Election
There's so many Vet Bro clothing companies that everyone has a cool vet looking shirt, bag or hat. I look for the older guys with the -insert war here- hat and thank them for their service.
Similar story--I have a USMC shirt cause my dad was in the marines for around...20 or so years. I stopped wearing it as anything but a pajama shirt cause I got embarrassed about being thanked for my service. I am not even close to USMC material, haha.
The difference in culture is strange to me. In my country no one would ever praise a soldier. They are viewed as worse than the police. They are ridiculed for being dumb and useless. A few years ago a soldier managed to drive out of his base with a car filled with weapons and no one batted an eye. After it became clear he wanted to assasinate the head of state the entire army launched a search party. They knew he was in a certain forest and combed it for a month before giving up. The day the forest reopend for the public, a hunter found him (he found his decomposed body saying it was hard to miss since you could smell it from the main road). Mind you, that is the second time this happened. We have a running joke that you only need two braincells to become a cop, but failing that, you can always join the army. So seeing your culture of army worship is definately weird to witness
As a combat veteran myself I HATE stolen valor. I’ve even caught a few including one of my very own old coworker. He constantly pulled the vet card always calling out blaming it on his “ptsd episodes”, getting Veterans Day and Memorial Day off while I, the actual veteran, had to work, he’d get gift cards from the company and everything. That was until I got fed up with his lying and checked him. I asked where he was stationed and he said ft hood. Well whatta ya know?! Me too! What unit were you in? This is when I started to see him panic on the inside…he named some crazy unit I have never ever heard of let alone in ft hood, followed by the golden excuse that screams stolen valor, “well you wouldn’t have heard of it because it was a top level super secret unit. You wouldn’t have known we were there in the first place. I can’t even tell you what my job was because I signed papers telling me I couldn’t” I looked at him with a devilish grin that was a mixture of anger and satisfaction while telling him “oh really? I’m curious though, why did you call it a job? Did you forget your MOS number?” His answer was pure gold. He said “because that’s what we had, a job. My unit didn’t do numbers or call anything MOS. I couldn’t even tell ya what MOS means because we followed rules outside of the military rules” “you mean UCMJ?” “No not UCMJ, UCMJ is only for marines. I was Army”. 😂boy oh boy I found myself yelling one of the iconic quotes from Full Metal Jacket yelling “Boy you better unfuck yourself before I unscrew your head and 💩 down your neck!” I told him that he had two choices; either come with me and come clean to all the bosses that he lied this entire time or I call the police right then and there and make it worse. Let’s just say he’s not there anymore 😂 🤷🏻♂️
Wow, that’s a crazy story. Good for you for calling him out, what a nightmare.
And then everyone clapped
What's great about Frank Abagnale is that his entire "story" is also a lie. He lied about being a liar lol
We need to go deeper.
He did embellish some but most of his story is true. It’s been verified by multiple sources.
@@LudiCrust. No, it's been debunked many, many times. He was a con artist, but most of the amazing claims he made have been very much debunked.
@@LudiCrust. He was a loser who got caught forging checks... that much is true. None of the cool parts were though lol.
@@SwineBrothersYup...... Timelines don't add up..... He was in prison or in other states on dates when he said he committed some of his most audacious frauds
Friend of mine's dad is an officer and have a few stories of how they do and teach things in my country, when it comes to medals they tell recuits "You're ONLY ALLOWED to wear medal that have been given to YOU personally and officially, and also HOW and WHEN you're allowed to wear them, no wearing grandpas old medals and it goes for everyone, military and civilian alike."
It's not "freedom of speech" it's dishonoring any and all soldiers and p*ssing on their deeds and sacrifice. Also being convicted of stolen valor bars you from EVER having a chance to get into the military in ANY position.
Minor correction. If the medal or ribbon is listed on the veterans DD 214, they are allowed to wear it. Requirements and new medals come along all the time and are often retroactive. One example being the KDSM. Veterans can request Page Ave to check their service record and update their awards on a DD 215. After I got out I did that and found out I had 3 or 4 that were awarded after I was discharged.
Frank Abagnale's son growing up to work for the FBI is amazing.
"Ah. You are the son of the guy that made us, the airlines and a lot of big banks look like fools in the 60s and 70s."
"Lol I know...I know...."
@@felixleong61Its more of the “Your dad was the biggest fraud out there.”
“Yeah, I know.”
Its been revealed many times that none of Frank’s story actually went down, the fraud was making people believe that it was real the entire time.
It is not true.. he lied about all of that. That is a real con.
@@kidd32888Wait, did he make up his fugitive stories?
@@cam5816 other than he cashed a few checks as and got caught. everything else is fake
Stolen Valour is something I find truly disgusting. I’m not from a military family, but it just seems a vile thing to do.
Agreed.
Tim Walz exited this video.
You mean like Tampon Tim?
I thought MAGAts loved the military but their god did everything in his (daddy's) power to avoid military service. Funny enough, they now question the patriotism of Walz, the veteran.
@@mr6johnclark Tim Walz was in the National Guard. The National Guard doesn't go to any combat zones. They stay on the base.
Gosh! You are so gullible. Also, at least he served in the military. Trump was too chicken to serve when the Draft called him. Trump also mocks those who joined the military.
Oversimplified's depiction of the Nixon resignation and subsequent pardon by Ford is just downright perfect.
Biggest case of stolen valour (or walting as it’s known) in the uk was a man named James shortt
Back in the 80’s shortt was invited to spend time with the SAS as he was writing a book on them, and managed to talk his way onto joining the 21 SAS the reservists regiment. After a few weeks he failed training and was kicked out but he went on to lie about being a soldier in the special forces in order to get work as a special forces advisor throughout Russia and Eastern Europe.
He has at various points claimed to be a soldier, a martial arts master, a monk, a paramedic, a mercenary, the founder of a bodyguard organisation, a police detective, and a baron in the Irish nobility.
Irish nobility is a thing😂😂😅
Mi6 ???????????
Bro was literally Steven Seagal
@@TimothyYocky not anymore. Back in the 90’s though descendants of Irish clans could still apply to have their titles officially recognised. It had no actual authority but there was some symbolic significance to it.
In the early 90’s an idiot called terrence MacCarthy used false documentation to get himself named the chieftain of the MacCarthys and began calling himself the prince of Desmond, he then abused this authority to grant titles to his friends and set up a clan association to sell titles and other junk to Irish Americans.
James shortt was one of the people terrence MacCarthy granted a title to, naming him a baron and also the head of the chieftains bodyguard (these were all meaningless titles with no authority or actual power) shortt then dressed a bunch of his friends up in kilts and paraded around various places in Ireland and America, again to sell merch to Americans.
It all ended in the early 2000’s. The Belfast telegraph published a story calling terrence MacCarthy a fake (shortt tried to stop them by sending a threatening letter as the chieftains bodyguard) and the scandal ended in 2003 when the Irish government ended the practice of granting clans a courtesy title because they were sick of Terrence MacCarthys schemes.
“Went by the name deep throat “ 😂u can’t make this shi up
I would have thought that was Kamala.
@@rcworks9762 ahh a political joke 🧍🏾♂️republicans amirite
@@rcworks9762 lol
Speaking as a 12 star General, nothing angers me more than Stolen Valor
I served under your command in The Hundred Year War.
I was a schmuck in World War 2.
@@samuelschick8813 Ah yes. When we fought the Viet Cong in Afghanistan. Good thing Uncle Frank Biden was there to save the day and win the Iron Cross in the process
Thank you for your service in the war with the invaders from Mars
@Iam_u69420 You are very welcome. Not only did I conquer the Martians, I also wiped the Klingons off Uranus.
A case of stolen valor is certainly not being the worst of liars...
that title is still reserved for politicians
Wow so brave, so edgy, so totally in touch calling every politician a liar. Wow you must be so smart and intelligent and brave 😮
That's why nixon is in this
Ah yes authorities are absolutely flabbergasted as to how an escaping convict moved a 100lb water tank 😂 a teen could've moved that thing 😂
It should probably have been 100 gallons. 100 lb doesn't seem like enough to flush the toilets on a large airliner.
"Freedom of speech" is such bullcrap
In no other country would saying "I have the right to say anything I want" fly when convicted of fraud
And then the judges agreeing with the dude
Tim Walz is a good example of stolen valor as well, he's lied and continues to lie about his military career
And a guy with strabismus thought he would pose as a war hero, even if he wouldn't be able to qualify for basic training due to his condition.
Yeah, the audacity of this guy. At this point I'm surprised he didn't stated he was a marksman within "his" unit.
Evolution of this man is crazy I learned history from him since 2016
Yes he really is and you can only wonder what else he could've gotten.
I wish he could make quality videos like he did before
@@emgab1481 Now that is something that worries in life among many.
Going grey at 16 is rough
Scammer life = 16 and grey.
@Based_Gigachad_001False. Gen z is currently aging faster than millennials or gen x 😂😂
@@Wolf_3125 bro 30 year olds now look like late teens.
Just open an old school book from the 70s.
People 25-30 year old were balding and looking like uncles back then.
@@loowick4074 I'm about to be 32 but I look 22 because working out and dieting make a difference. I'm laughing at gen z right now 🤣🤣
@@Wolf_3125 No they aren't. Stop believing those cherry picked cases you see and think they represent the majority. Most Gen Z look way younger then their Gen X parents when they were at the exact same age and they look pretty much the same age-wise as millennial did at the same age.
I’m a veteran. And I can often spot a stolen valor when I check their stories. And all too often they claim to be special forces, intel, or CIA. And when you ask basic questions such as what’s your first general order?, or what rank were you?, or where did you go to basic?, what was your MOS? And 10x out of 10x when they say “that’s classified I can’t tell you” that’s when I call them out right then and there. And I’m not alone in that sentiment
LOL, "I can't tell you where I went to basic training, that's classified. But let me blab about being in the CIA"
I went to college under the VA and there was a guy who claimed and bragged he was a navy veteran.
So I asked him his rank and rate, what commands he served at, where he went to boot and such. Each time his answer was "I don't know."
@W.Stryker, Here's one that has me stumped, maybe you can figure it out. I was not SF and this does not make since. On my DD 214 it says I have the KDSM which I do have. But it is worded like this "KDSM + medal" and does not say what that medal is but does list my other awards.
My time in the Army 68-71 was boring and uneventful, so much so I couldn’t make things up to make it the least bit exciting.
@@stanwolenski9541, REMF?
I have been watching this channel for just over a year now and I am subscribed. I never miss a new video, and this channel is a great way for people to learn history in a fun way. Something I would like to see is more Vietnam war videos. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for keeping up these awesome constant uploads!
I have a particular disdain towards people who commit the crime of stolen valor. My father is a former Air Force MP, and I find it quite infuriating that people will openly lie about their nonexistent service records in order to abuse the benefits we give them.
So do I, I have two great grandparents on both my mom and dads side who served in both world wars, my grandfather served on my moms side served in WWII and my grandfather on my dad side was a radar operator I believe during the Korean War so yeah I have a particular dislike and contempt for those who claim military service when they don’t have proof
😂 of course you worship your ancestor, pagan.
I'm a AF brat turned 82nd Abn Field artillery.
Brought up to and currently believe in the one true and living God.
As a child I recall the MP types showing up next door to calm down our neighbors.
I recall blue and red flashing off the liners at both Mather AFB and what they now call Liberty but was Bragg when I was there and saw them. Mud puppies 😂😂😂
100% with you. Absolutely disgusting. Anyone who does that should automatically be given several years of community service. And I thank your father for serving.
You and me both , I particularly am suspicious of anyone who goes out of their way to look the part
Fun fact: Believe it or not, Richard Nixon also visited Yugoslavia during the 70's. And in one speeches he told this: Long live Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav people.
The real reason the croats wanted to secede: to spite Nixon
And Yugoslavia collapsed less than forty years later
@@joieman Yes it was, since it was used the thing such as: Divide and conquer.
But this discussion should be not talked here, since I hope that we don't talk about politics here.
For every real navy seal you meet is a thousand phonies
Don Shipley's videos of him calling out phony SEALS are pretty entertaining.
Never meant a seal
Ran into their support guys
Here in Britain, ex forces lads say "the SAS is the biggest regiment in the British Army" lol
@@itsdan722 I've heard that before, must be a territorial force 🤣
The consequence for stolen valor should be infantry service
I don't like that this channel is just now about reuploading old videos and combining all of them into one.
You're not the the only one. The views have fell off big time
In the UK we don’t have stolen valor as a crime, but if you use to gain benefit it is classed as fraud. All British forces are issued with a service number. With that number you can identify branch of service, in the Army it also identifies corp & recruit depot.
I'm a Army Tanker....and I will tell you about it! No stolen valor...just pride and ego
Having the biggest fraud in the thumbnail drinking a Bud Light is what led me to clicking. Well done gents
Abagnale claims to have worked as an assistant state attorney general in the U.S. state of Louisiana, served as a hospital physician in Georgia, and impersonated a Pan American World Airways pilot who logged over two million air miles by deadheading.The veracity of most of Abagnale's claims has been questioned, and ongoing inquiries continue to confirm that they were fabricated. In 2002, Abagnale admitted on his website that some facts had been overdramatized or exaggerated, though he was not specific about what was exaggerated or omitted about his life. In 2020, journalist Alan C. Logan provided evidence he claims proves the majority of Abagnale's story was invented or at best exaggerated.The public records obtained by Logan have since been independently verified by journalist Javier Leiva.
UA-cam stop cencoring stuff
learn how to spell
It won’t happen. Anything that goes against the democratic communist machine gets censored.
So fitting that I got a UA-cam ad for Jordan Peterson in a video about the biggest frauds in history XD
Now you can add WALZ to the list 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Being 4 minute early to this legendary channel's video is an amazing accomplishment in my opinion
If you cannot be on time, be early.
@@samuelschick8813 Yessir
The only stolen valor videos I hate are the ones where they're bullying someone that's clearly special needs and is just wearing all that stuff because it's his dream and it's obvious how much he looks up to people in the military
Stolen Valor might invade someone's First Amendment right, but shows you how skewed our laws are. Anyway, we veterans got a way of dealing with these Stolen Valor clowns.
It absolutely doesn't invade someone's first amendment right. The first amendment isn't there to protect liars and scammers, it's to protect people telling the truth from government prosecution even if the government doesn't like what the person is saying. All of the rights are there to protect the people from the government, not so people can be vile and evil. It's the same reason it's illegal to yell "fire" in a building if there isn't one. It's not an invasion of the first amendment.
Well I mean, they might have a constitutional right to pretend to be veterans, but that also means people have a constitutional right to tell them what they feel about them... :D
Gonna have to add someone else now
Who? Starmer? Harris? Putin? Orban? Xi? Macron? Anybody at the EU? Tell us who you mean
@@rossicourvosi218 you know who...
If you know you know
Oh we know who that is…. Not gonna say it but TW
Mr beast?
I got curious so I had to look it up. In my home country Sweden, wearing a military uniform or insignia you're not entitled to is "impersonating a public servant" and is punished with a day-fine or up to six months of prison. But since you don't get any particular advantages from going around in a military uniform here, people are more likely to impersonate a police officer.
We have someone guilty of stolen valor running for vice president right now - Tim Walz
He literally served in the military
In the UK we don’t have stolen valor as a crime, but if you use to gain benefit it is classed as fraud. All British forces are issued with a service number. With that number you can identify branch of service, in the Army it also identifies corp & recruit depot.
There are simple questions that quickly expose lies. Ask any British solider from before the mid eighties what a “Rats tail” is and they should say “Part of the bolt of a SLR”
Let’s go another upload ❤
Fake it till you makeit. It's the long con
People need to realize that when you enjoy freedom you also should take responsibility and try to do the right thing. We live in different times.
Exactly this. Too many people talk about their rights and freedoms without also talking about their responsibilities.
That fake pilot reminds me of that fake black doctor, Malachi Love-Robinson.
First dude is going places
Omg! A video about Tim Waltz! What impeccable timing.
"I'm not a crook" -Richard Nixon
He wasn't from what it sounds like. He was getting the trump treatment.
@@johnnytooobadWatergate.
@@dipidyl supposedly nixon was trying to get proof that the government was giving him the trump treatment. Nixon knew who killed JFK and wanted a real investigation
@@johnnytooobad Why guys hate so much democrates?
@telmomoreira7616 because they hate democracy. Or the democratic republic. The elites installed heels up Harris. That's not democracy. We try no to hate or fear them. "Fear turns to hate. Hate turns to evil."- Master yoda
History is dam epic
It’s over, it’s done, it’s finally over,
24:50 The objection I have to Nixon's resignation aftermath is that congress should have refused to accept his resignation and continued toward impeachment. The consequences of not impeaching this criminal is that he continued to draw retirement benefits from the government as an ex-president until his death.
This better have fdr on here
Frank really was Mr. Worldwide 🌎
So I don’t think people should pretend to be military/have gotten military awards, but the first amendment says congress shall not make any law, (the mention of congress meaning it definitely blocks any federal law from being made that violates this) abridging the freedom of speech. There isn’t an exemption for speech that results in some kind of tangible benefit for you. There isn’t any exemptions.
So technically speaking, the stolen valor act of 2013, which amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a person to fraudulently claim having received a valor award specified in the Act, with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit by convincing another that he or she received the award, is still against the first amendment, per the Supreme Court’s ruling in Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709.
Why is Ferdinand E. Marcos not in the list?
I was expecting more than three videos. I wish Simple History can do a video on the Theranos scam and add that story to the greatest frauds compilation
I'm disappointed that Steven seagal is not in the list
He trained the green berets during the Vietnam war in the mountains of Nepal.
13:00 is like the truth. Always some weird oldER but not old enough guy wandering up and telling you random bullshit
11:20 a marine sergeant, with an army ranger airborne pin, and less than 4 years service ( no service stripes ) .
Real life Johnny Sins
I am no veteran, but I am curious. Would the Tim Waltz guy qualify for stolen valor. It seems like it, but I am curious how other people see it.
Embellishment
Not technically. Stolen valor is only legally relevant when you claim to have been awarded a medal you did not get. Tim Waltz just lied about his rank at the time of discharge, and even then it is a bit fuzzy as he was acting in the capacity of the rank he claims.
Thanks for the names of the fallen .My respects to you for reminbering them.
Do you know the famous incident of german shoemaker Voigt in Imperial Germany? He is still known as the , Hauptmann ( capitain) von Köpenick ' today.
I always found it interesting how there's us generals that have never even seen a battlefield 😂
Along with 5 U.S. presidents my wife and I were at Nixon's funeral knowing that not one of them was worthy of shining the man's shoes.
You forgot to mention that Mr Abagnale's main motivation for starting his life of crime was because he needed money to impress women. He said so, himself, in his autobiography.
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Frenchman. Sir you have six months to think about what you've done, Murcia sir you have twelve years to think about what you've done 😂
So if claiming stolen valor is protected by free speech, what else could that protection extend to that is currently forbidden by law? Fraudulent Law enforcement? Lawyer? Doctor?
14:13 FBI : 😂😂😂
I always assumed the FBI itself was a bunch of frauds.
Where is Sukuna?
Over the years I wonder how many veterans have been thanked for their service, meals payed for in gratitude for veterans who fought for our freedom, only to find out that they want to remove at least some of our freedom by making our freedom of speech illegal. I thought the veterans served to protect our freedoms only to find out what is most precious to them is their valor. Never again will I thank a veteran for his service, because apparently their service was only to their own prestige, they care nothing for our freedom. There are already laws against fraud, it's called FRAUD! We don't need more laws which will only strip more of our rights away. I don't like fraudsters making any false claims at all, but I'm unwilling to sacrifice any more freedoms that veterans were supposed to have risked and sacrificed their lives for. They have their reward, it exists in their own minds. Why should we honor them?
Tim Walz, has embellished his military service to the point that some critics have accused him of “stolen valor.”
Why has he not being convicted?
I honestly think stolen valor should be automatic jail time.
I'd say mandatory 10 years community service. Don't make tax payers pay for them to sit in jail. But they want to be remembered for serving the community? Well they will now lol!
Another thing about stolen valor, isn’t it being ungrateful and disrespectful to real and even good war veterans?
great video
we don't need this in Belgium because most of us don't realize we have a militairy
"in Europe" Actually i got once fined for wearing my rank in public but i was heading to a military ceremony with my car having breaking down midway after the strap snapped. So i had to use public transport
and rookie cop stopped me didnt notice my military papers were legit. I got the fine regardless "around 100 dollars back then now its 500" but the rookie was kicked off the force as far as i know
Most of Abegnal's story was recently proved to be a lie. Ironically, living up to the sort of lies he tried to pass off in his made up story.
Yes, he ran away from home, and yes he did likely make it onto at least one flight in a jump seat. He did also likely commit some amount of bank fraud, but that was after he had returned home (to his parents house). He had only been away for a few weeks before returning. Pretty much all other aspects are entirely made up.
He did get a bunch of speaking gigs after the movie came out and has ripped off a huge amount of companies peddling the made up story, though. I don't think most really care what the truth is. The movie was super fun, but the man is just a delusional, pathological liar.
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Simple history will delete this
@@thehansgutenburgshow3149 "Your Honor, I invoke the First Amendment in defense of this comment's right to a fair trial and request an appeal if it faces unjust deletion!"
Well, cops are legally allowed to lie about anything with no exception, so why shouldn’t citizens? Or maybe nobody should be allowed to lie…? Just my two cents.
What was the back ground song for the first story
Let's not forget Brian Dennehy's repeated false claims of having served in Vietnam. He got caught, apologized, and then did it again!
frank Abagnale is just like Stan pines in gravity falls!
3:31 correction, he is exactly like Stan pines in gravity falls!
Why isn't Tim Walz in this video?
Get off your high horse.
@@General-F So calling out a man who lied about his rank for YEARS while also claiming he saw combat for decades is being on a "high horse"?
@@ThatsThing1 How you know he lied?
@@General-F he literally claimed he "came back from Iraq in 2004 upset with how Bush had handled the war".
He was never in Iraq. Look it up.
@@ThatsThing1 He was there.
Woho let’s go a simple history video for today
Deep throat 😂😂 I'm too childish to let that slide 🤣🤣
Is Tim Walz on this list?
I was in the silent service and I can't say what I've done or where. I can tell you my HomePort and the name of my boat
Stolen valor is a scumbag move as it is, but claiming to be a medal of honor recipient? Pure trash.
About stolen valor, it reminds me of that white supremacist from, dare I say it, Family Guy who stole military medals to pretend to be a retired war hero working as a janitor at an abandoned asylum, the guy whom Peter and his friends accidentally killed. It’s in the same episode where Brian wore his glasses.
Don't forget reporter Stephen Glass. Even though he really was a reporter, most of his work were lies.
my grandpa fought in vietnam and he never wears his medals or talks about it
Stolen valor should be grounds for conscription
I collect militaria, and had someone once try to accuse me of stolen valour... yeah because I, a 30 year old brit, was definitely there in Berlin '45 serving with the Red Army xD
This will be a good one.
Fraud watch spares no one
I saw the title and thought this was going to be about the 2007 New York Giants.
According to the movie, he didn’t fake being a lawyer
Looking forward to the Tim Waltz episode lol.
You got to bring up our current nominee running for vice president in the stolen valor section