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Credentials questioned of man at
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MURRAY CRAWFORD / Nov. 23, 2017
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Veterans group lobbies complaint against man they say wore fake uniform to Remembrance Day ceremony
http://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/veterans-group-lobbies-complaint-against-man-they-say-wore-fake-uniform-to-remembrance-day-ceremony/
http://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/veterans-group-lobbies-complaint-against-man-they-say-wore-fake-uniform-to-remembrance-day-ceremony/
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Alberta man who appeared as retired U.S. marine at Remembrance Day events denounced as impostor
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/stolen-valour-canada-impostor-fake-soldier-peter-toth-1.4435499
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/stolen-valour-canada-impostor-fake-soldier-peter-toth-1.4435499
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Alberta man who appeared as retired U.S. marine at Remembrance Day events denounced as impostor
Stolen Valour Canada says complaint has been made to the RCMP
Dan McGarvey · CBC News December 7, 2017
These two images of Peter Toth in uniform visiting schools in Red Deer, Alta., were sent to Stolen Valour Canada by a tipster who questioned authenticity of details on his uniform. (Stolen Valour Canada)
A Canadian group that investigates and exposes people falsely claiming to be veterans alleges a man who took part in Remembrance Day events at three schools in Red Deer, Alta., is an impostor who never served in the U.S. marines.
Stolen Valour Canada says Peter Toth of Red Deer took part in events at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School, G.W. Smith Elementary and Aspen Heights Elementary in November dressed in a U.S. military uniform, complete with several medals and patches.
"There's no record of Mr. Toth ever having served in the United States Marine Corps," Ian White with Stolen Valour Canada told CBC News.
A complaint has been lodged with the RCMP.
Rank, uniform, deployment dates questioned
White says his group received an anonymous tip about Toth, and that photos and verbal accounts suggest there is a lot wrong with Toth's story.
"The rank is never worn on the arm, and then various patches and things that he was wearing just weren't consistent with the narrative of being a marine, like a sniper patch, just not something the marines issue to their members," said White.
"There was a lot of things with Mr. Toth that put up red flags for us."
White says accounts he received of stories Toth delivered to children at the schools also raised alarm bells, including dates and places he claims to have served as a marine.
For example, White says he was told Toth claimed to have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, while also saying he retired in 1985 — well before those conflicts.
In a brief Facebook conversation with Toth, White says Toth told him he had served in Kandahar province in Afghanistan and "Hazzbollah." Hezzbollah is a Shia Islamist political, military and social organization in Lebanon.
White says he was also sent a discharge document by Toth that the group says is a fake, including spelling errors and a signature that doesn't match the date on the document.
A discharge document that Peter Toth sent to Stolen Valour Canada, which the group says is highly questionable, containing errors and inconsistencies, including spelling mistakes. (Stolen Valour Canada)
A discharge document that Peter Toth sent to Stolen Valour Canada, which the group says is highly questionable, containing errors and inconsistencies, including spelling mistakes. (Stolen Valour Canada)
A U.S.-based blog calledThis Ain't Hell helped Stolen Valour Canada in investigating Toth's military claims. This Ain't Hell also works to expose people pretending to be veterans and wearing military uniforms having never served.
"There is no such thing as a sniper patch, he was also wearing a POW medal, and the Defence Department here says he was never a POW in Vietnam," said veteran Jonn Lilyea, who runs the blog.
"A quick glance at his photo tells you he's lying."
Lilyea, who says his group has "busted" around 1,000 impostors over the past 10 years, says Toth's name doesn't show up on the U.S. Department of Defence's online manpower records for the dates he claims he served.
The story has some similarities to the case of Franck Gervais, a Quebec man who claimed to be a decorated soldier during Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National War Memorial in 2014.
The Department of National Defence said Gervais, who was interviewed during a broadcast while wearing an army dress uniform with sergeant's chevrons and the cap badge of the Royal Canadian Regiment, was not a member of the Canadian Forces.
Toth pictured with a firearm in a photo posted on his Facebook page. (Peter Toth/Facebook)
CBC News tried to make contact with Toth through the same Facebook account that Stolen Valour Canada used to contact him — one of two in his name — but so far hasn't received a reply.
The Red Deer Catholic School Board told CBC News it relies on the Royal Canadian Legion to provide veterans for events and expects the legion to make the necessary checks.
Legion says it lacks resources to check for fakes
But the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 35 in Red Deer says it doesn't have the resources to make those checks.
"When they pass us a piece of information and we look at it, we hope they are being truthful," said Tammy Wheeler. "Verifying a U.S. military document would be very difficult for our people to do."
Wheeler acknowledged Stolen Valour Canada's investigation questioning Toth's authenticity and confirmed the incident is now with Red Deer RCMP.
Red Deer RCMP told CBC News that a complaint was made to them on Nov. 27, but couldn't confirm whether an investigation was underway.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/stolen-valour-canada-impostor-fake-soldier-peter-toth-1.4435499
Dan McGarvey · CBC News December 7, 2017
These two images of Peter Toth in uniform visiting schools in Red Deer, Alta., were sent to Stolen Valour Canada by a tipster who questioned authenticity of details on his uniform. (Stolen Valour Canada)
A Canadian group that investigates and exposes people falsely claiming to be veterans alleges a man who took part in Remembrance Day events at three schools in Red Deer, Alta., is an impostor who never served in the U.S. marines.
Stolen Valour Canada says Peter Toth of Red Deer took part in events at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School, G.W. Smith Elementary and Aspen Heights Elementary in November dressed in a U.S. military uniform, complete with several medals and patches.
"There's no record of Mr. Toth ever having served in the United States Marine Corps," Ian White with Stolen Valour Canada told CBC News.
A complaint has been lodged with the RCMP.
Rank, uniform, deployment dates questioned
White says his group received an anonymous tip about Toth, and that photos and verbal accounts suggest there is a lot wrong with Toth's story.
"The rank is never worn on the arm, and then various patches and things that he was wearing just weren't consistent with the narrative of being a marine, like a sniper patch, just not something the marines issue to their members," said White.
"There was a lot of things with Mr. Toth that put up red flags for us."
White says accounts he received of stories Toth delivered to children at the schools also raised alarm bells, including dates and places he claims to have served as a marine.
For example, White says he was told Toth claimed to have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, while also saying he retired in 1985 — well before those conflicts.
In a brief Facebook conversation with Toth, White says Toth told him he had served in Kandahar province in Afghanistan and "Hazzbollah." Hezzbollah is a Shia Islamist political, military and social organization in Lebanon.
White says he was also sent a discharge document by Toth that the group says is a fake, including spelling errors and a signature that doesn't match the date on the document.
A discharge document that Peter Toth sent to Stolen Valour Canada, which the group says is highly questionable, containing errors and inconsistencies, including spelling mistakes. (Stolen Valour Canada)
A discharge document that Peter Toth sent to Stolen Valour Canada, which the group says is highly questionable, containing errors and inconsistencies, including spelling mistakes. (Stolen Valour Canada)
A U.S.-based blog calledThis Ain't Hell helped Stolen Valour Canada in investigating Toth's military claims. This Ain't Hell also works to expose people pretending to be veterans and wearing military uniforms having never served.
"There is no such thing as a sniper patch, he was also wearing a POW medal, and the Defence Department here says he was never a POW in Vietnam," said veteran Jonn Lilyea, who runs the blog.
"A quick glance at his photo tells you he's lying."
Lilyea, who says his group has "busted" around 1,000 impostors over the past 10 years, says Toth's name doesn't show up on the U.S. Department of Defence's online manpower records for the dates he claims he served.
The story has some similarities to the case of Franck Gervais, a Quebec man who claimed to be a decorated soldier during Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National War Memorial in 2014.
The Department of National Defence said Gervais, who was interviewed during a broadcast while wearing an army dress uniform with sergeant's chevrons and the cap badge of the Royal Canadian Regiment, was not a member of the Canadian Forces.
Toth pictured with a firearm in a photo posted on his Facebook page. (Peter Toth/Facebook)
CBC News tried to make contact with Toth through the same Facebook account that Stolen Valour Canada used to contact him — one of two in his name — but so far hasn't received a reply.
The Red Deer Catholic School Board told CBC News it relies on the Royal Canadian Legion to provide veterans for events and expects the legion to make the necessary checks.
Legion says it lacks resources to check for fakes
But the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 35 in Red Deer says it doesn't have the resources to make those checks.
"When they pass us a piece of information and we look at it, we hope they are being truthful," said Tammy Wheeler. "Verifying a U.S. military document would be very difficult for our people to do."
Wheeler acknowledged Stolen Valour Canada's investigation questioning Toth's authenticity and confirmed the incident is now with Red Deer RCMP.
Red Deer RCMP told CBC News that a complaint was made to them on Nov. 27, but couldn't confirm whether an investigation was underway.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/stolen-valour-canada-impostor-fake-soldier-peter-toth-1.4435499
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Alleged U.S. Military
imposter facing criminal
charges
imposter facing criminal
charges
By Troy Gillard (Twitter: @Troy_Gillard)
March 1, 2018
March 1, 2018
A man accused of posing as a U.S. military veteran during Remembrance Day ceremonies in Red Deer last year is now facing criminal charges.
Peter Toth, 58, faces one count under Section 419 of the Criminal Code of Canada for unlawful use of military uniforms or certificates. The case is scheduled for a brief appearance in Red Deer court tomorrow.
Toth is accused of impersonating a U.S. Military veteran by wearing attire and medals he did not actually earn to Remembrance Day ceremonies at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School, G.W. Smith Elementary and Aspen Heights Elementary last November.
Stolen Valour Canada contacted rdnewsNOW with their concerns that Toth was not as authentic as he was letting on. The group pointed out several flaws with the uniform he was wearing in pictures from the ceremonies, including wearing unauthorized camouflage and having pins and rank badges in wrong places.
“Based on our concerns, we contacted USMC experts, and they agree that this individual was likely never a Marine, and he is portraying one very poorly,” the group said at the time.
According to Stolen Valour, Toth claimed to have served in the U.S. Military in Kandahar province and in Hezbollah, which is actually a political party in Lebanon considered by several nations to be a terrorist organization.
Toth alleged he was awarded a Purple Heart in 2005 after being shot in Afghanistan. However, Stolen Valour says he previously claimed to have retired from the USMC in 1985.
Red Deer RCMP confirm they began their investigation into the allegations against Toth on Nov. 27, 2017, eventually leading to the single count against him.
http://rdnewsnow.com/article/574294/alleged-us-military-imposter-facing-criminal-charges
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Man accused of posing as military veteran in court
Peter Toth accused of attending school Remembrance Day
ceremony dressed as U.S. Marine
ceremony dressed as U.S. Marine
PAUL COWLEY
Mar. 2, 2018
Mar. 2, 2018
Military veterans filled the front row in court Friday as a Red Deer man accused of posing as a U.S. Marine went before a judge.
Peter Toth, 58, is facing three charges under a section of the Criminal Code dealing with unlawful use of military uniforms or certificates. Toth is charged with unlawfully wearing a uniform, military decorations, and having in his possession a military identity card or other similar documents.
The maximum punishment for each charge is six months in jail, a $5,000 fine, or both.
Toth was charged after attending a Nov. 8, 2017, Remembrance Day ceremony at Red Deer’s St. Francis of Assisi Middle School dressed in a camouflaged medal-bedecked U.S. Marine Corps uniform.
Toth was represented by duty counsel Jackie Fry who told Red Deer provincial court Judge Gordon Yake she was working on a resolution to the charges.
The case is coming back to court on March 21.
Five military veterans sat in the front row of the courtroom gallery as Toth came before the judge.
Among them was Gord Swaitkewich, of Stolen Valour – Canada, an organization that aims to expose people posing as military personnel and veterans.
Swaitkewich said outside court that veterans feel deeply about their service and take very seriously those who falsely try to join their ranks.
“A lot of people look at 419 as a victim-less crime,” he said, referring to the section of the Criminal Code that deals with unlawfully using a uniform and similar offences.
“It is not a victim-less crime.
“Because of their lack of knowledge they give the general public a very wrong impression of what and why we do what we do and have done.
“If someone is going to be out there we want them to be truthful and accurate. (Impersonating a military member) is an insult to people who have made the ultimate sacrifice,” said Swaitkewich, who retired as an infantry lieutenant in 2003 after 35 years of service.
“We don’t want them to desecrate our brothers and sisters who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.”
Swaitkewich said he is pleased with how the
“I am very pleased with the way the RCMP dealt with it and the Crown (prosecutor),” he said.
Swaitkewich said the crime is not uncommon. At any given time, Stolen Valour is investigating around eight military imposters, he said. Some have used their fake military background to defraud people and organizations that try to assist veterans.
https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/man-accused-of-posing-as-military-veteran-in-court/
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Albertan who posed as U.S.
veteran on Nov. 11 guilty of
unlawful use of uniform
veteran on Nov. 11 guilty of
unlawful use of uniform
Published on: March 21, 2018
RED DEER, Alta. — A man who posed as a U.S. Marine veteran during Remembrance Day ceremonies in central Alberta has pleaded guilty to unlawful use of military uniforms and medals.
A third charge against 59-year-old Peter Toth was dropped.
Toth was sentenced to 18 months of probation and 200 hours of community service.
Last November a group called Stolen Valour Canada began looking into a report of a man claiming to be a former U.S. Marine who attended ceremonies on Nov. 11 at schools in Red Deer.
A picture taken at one event shows Toth dressed in a desert camouflage uniform festooned with military medals and ribbons.
Stolen Valour officials said he was wearing rank badges in the wrong place, incorrect insignia and claimed to have been wounded in Afghanistan in 2005 despite saying he had retired from the military in 1985. (RD News Now)
http://calgaryherald.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/albertan-who-posed-as-u-s-veteran-on-nov-11-guilty-of-unlawful-use-of-uniform/wcm/d3e6c0bb-0c4b-404a-b937-b4ea717a0cd7
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Guilty plea from Alta. man who posed as U.S. Marine veteran
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Man charged with impersonating a soldier while fundraising
CBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2018
CBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2018
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Garrison wrote:Man charged with impersonating a soldier while fundraising
CBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2018
Man Charged with Impersonating Soldier
PUBLISHER NOV 6, 2018 - 4:01PM
A 47-year-old North Glengarry man has been charged with unlawful use of a military uniform.
Simon De Rothschild was arrested November 2 when Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry OPP officers observed a male in a Canadian military uniform soliciting funds for a charitable organization.
An investigation revealed that the man did not have authorization to wear the uniform.
He was released and scheduled to appear in Alexandria court Dec. 12.
https://www.glengarrynews.ca
The CBC is gutless for not publishing the guy's name.
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Andrew Robert FARROW – The Bad Lieutenant
Mr Andrew Robert FARROW of Nanaimo BC / Kitchener-Waterloo Ontario, claims he was an Artillery Officer with 2 combat tours in A’stan, and alludes to deploying with Nichola Goddard and Jeff Francis both Gunner officers who were KIA in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
At every opportunity he wore the SWASM, the GCS (SWA) and jump wings with a silver maple leaf, indicating that he served in a designated parachutist billet.
He says that he led a hand-chosen group of guys on “suicide missions”. They were selected from Canadian and American Special Forces and were specially trained to conduct high altitude jumps out of Blackhawk helicopters “behind enemy lines.”
Farrow tells how he signed a “non-disclosure” agreement with the military so cannot speak about his service in Afghanistan. But, he’ll tell you of his many battles including some that involved hand-to-hand killing with a knife. He has seven confirmed kills, and has a tattoo indicating that on his back!
The reality, he was a training pipeline failure from the Artillery School and never saw full regimental duty in the RCA. At some point after his release from the Canadian Army, Farrow made the decision to stand in the blood of our wounded and fallen by publicly wearing medals and insignia without lawful authority.
It seems that involvement with a veterans organization (RCL Branch 10, Harewood /Nanaimo BC) led to him be “legitimately” awarded the Queens’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Given the number of reports we received regarding this individual, we followed our SOP and contacted him in order to sort out the situation.
When SVC contacted him, he said that “he had taken care of this a year ago, destroyed the items and apologized to his veteran buddies…”
He then asked if he could make a donation to the Poppy Fund or to this organization in order to make amends and, of course, he wanted his commitment to not wear the bogus items in the future to be kept quiet.
SVC’s response Not good enough, you wore the medals and wings in public and, you need surrender the unearned items and provide a public apology for your actions …
In typical poser fashion, he claimed significant health issues, gave the standard excuses as to why didn’t want his actions exposed and then immediately scrubbed his social medal platforms of the pics of all other military themed images. However, scrubbing the military themed images for one’s personal FB page doesn’t erase one’s digital footprint from the inter-webs.
Farrow was less than truthful with SVC when he emphatically stated that he had destroyed the bogus items and had apologized to his veteran friends over a year ago…
Well, Mr FARROW, we are calling BULLSHIT on your overly emotional claims that you had ended your medallic xxxxxxx™ and general shit-baggery.
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Mark N.S. HALDEN III – CO ST4? No, he’s a weasel in frogman’s clothing…
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Guelph man who speaks to students about his Vietnam War service accused of 'stolen valour'
Local legion member reportedly 'very upset' by 'false' claims
By: Tony Saxon - Dec 12, 2018
Local legion member reportedly 'very upset' by 'false' claims
By: Tony Saxon - Dec 12, 2018
A Guelph man who told local high school students about his Vietman War experiences at a Remembrance Day event is being accused of making it all up.
Gerry Conway, who is also a member of the Royal Canadian Legion branch in Guelph, says the accusations he falsified his military record and wore unearned medals and emblems on his uniform aren’t true. He declined several requests for an interview.
In 2017 Conway, speaking at a Remembrance Day event, told students at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic High School about being “spit on” and called “baby killer” when he returned from his second tour of Vietnam.
Stolen Valour Canada says it never happened.
Stolen valour is a term used to describe people who falsely claim or embellish military service and/or wear military badges and awards they didn’t earn. Stolen Valour Canada is a group dedicated to exposing those people. Their motto is "if you didn't earn it, don't wear it."
They posted on their website and Facebook page that Conway did not serve in Vietnam or earn the medals and badges he wore while speaking to students and at other events.
They said it was his “obvious and frankly ridiculous uniform embellishments” that prompted further investigation.
One of those medals worn by Conway is the purple heart, awarded to service members wounded in combat.
The group also posted what it says is an email exchange with Conway where he admits to falsifying his service.
In an email to GuelphToday, Stolen Valour Canada said they are a “virtual community of veterans and supporters” whose “depth of experience permits us to identify medallic and uniform anomalies quickly.”
“We stand behind our findings on Mr. Conway. He didn’t experience the things he claims and his stories paint a false picture of life as a veteran.
“Veterans take mental health issues seriously and many fight the stigma of PTSD on a daily basis yet, Mr Conway perpetuates lies and mistruths that lead to the view that all returning service members are damaged goods.”
Stolen Valour Canada posted an email they said was from Conway admitting he didn’t serve in Vietnam and that the uniform he has been wearing has since been destroyed.
Numerous attempts to reach Conway were unsuccessful.
Joe Tersigni, the former Lourdes teacher who organizes the visits by the veterans, didn’t know of the allegations until informed by GuelphToday and had no comment.
He did reach out to Conway, who he calls a friend, and said Conway’s wife told him the allegations by Stolen Valour Canada are “false” and that her husband is "very, very upset" and is currently under the care of a doctor.
Tersigni said neither Conway or his wife wish to speak to the media.
Stolen Valour Canada contacted the Guelph legion about the matter.
Roy Fagel, president of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 234 in Guelph, said they are aware of the allegations and will be looking into it.
“We’ve gone up to Dominion Command and let them know about it. We won’t let it sit and rest,” Fagel said.
Unlawful use of military use of uniforms or certificates is a crime in both Canada and the United States.
In 2017 Conway told Lourdes students he was attending university in the United States on an athletic scholarship when the Vietnam War broke out and eventually enlisted in the U.S. Army’s airborne division, serving two tours in Vietnam.
He did not tell students anything about his time in Vietnam, but did tell them of his experiences upon his return.
“As we marched out of this particular barracks there was a crowd at the gate and there had to be 1,000 people there,” Conway told the students in 2017.
“People threw everything on us. They threw coffee, pop, they spat on us, they threw urine on us, they assaulted us, they did everything they could possibly do,” Conway said.
He said the soldiers were called “baby killers” by protesters.
“We expected to come home from Vietnam, not necessarily as heroes, but not necessarily as fodder,” Conway said. “That always stayed in my mind as my primary thought of Vietnam.”
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