Prosecutors say Sarah Jane Cavanaugh lied to charities about being a U.S. Marine veteran with lung cancer for donations that paid her living expenses.
“I have long been one of those veterans — the ones who wish to fly under the radar, who merely did what was asked, when was asked,” added Cavanaugh, then the commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 152.
Faced with some of the allegations, Cavanaugh stepped down from her post as commander of the VFW Post 152 in January,Prosecutors say Cavanaugh took several steps to convince others that she was a wounded military veteran. Perhaps most important was her alleged use of a military discharge certificate, known as a DD-214, which indicated that she served in the Marines from 2009 to 2016 and reached the rank of corporal.
In January, another organization found something wrong with Cavanaugh’s paperwork. She had requested help with her medical bills from the HunterSeven Foundation, an organization focused on veteran health, and provided her discharge certificate, prosecutors say.
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