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| Scottsdale man who posed as Marine gets 7.5 years in prison | |
| 2010-10-06 | |
A Scottsdale man who posed as a highly decorated Marine for several years was sentenced Tuesday to 7 1/2 years in prison, according to the Arizona Attorney General's Office.
... A search of Department of the Navy and Department of Defense records found that Rodriguez never served in any branch of the military. Rodriguez, 31, had spent years passing himself off as a war hero who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Arizona Attorney General's Office. He gained access to military bases, received discounted airline tickets, went to the Marine Corps Ball and briefly acquired a job with a local health-care provider that gave him access to sensitive information on veterans... "This guy is such a good con man that he has trained with the local Marine Corps unit here. . . . He got in Camp Pendleton in San Diego with his ID," DPS Detective Roger Wilson said. | |
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