

Attorney Zachary Cunha said in a statement.

"Sarah Cavanaugh's conduct in the course of her scheme is nothing short of appalling," U.S. Then, in early 2022 she was exposed when a charity she applied to for funds became suspicious and started checking her background.
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District Court in Providence also ordered Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, 32, to pay full restitution.Ĭavanaugh attended public events in uniform where she spoke about the struggles veterans face, bought a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star to wear, and was even named commander of a Veterans of Foreign Wars post. A former social worker at a Rhode Island veterans' hospital who used stolen patient information to brazenly pass herself off as a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer and fraudulently collect nearly $300,000 in benefits, charitable contributions, and donations was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in prison.Ī U.S.
