R.I. fraudster who faked Marine service and cancer gets nearly 6 years in prison - The Boston Globe

Sarah Cavanaugh, 32, had pleaded guilty in federal court last year to wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, forged military discharge certificate, and fraudulent use of military medals — also known as the “stolen valor” law. At a more than two-hour sentencing hearing before Chief U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. in Providence Tuesday, prosecutors and victims described the litany of Cavanaugh’s schemes, from bilking charities out of hundreds of thousands of dollars to cadging beers at a local bar. PROVIDENCE — A woman who falsely claimed she was a...