Soldier Comes Home to Ruin- Identity Theft Story

[GAP]

Soldier comes home to ruin
Identity-theft victim while overseas
MAX HARROLD, The Gazette
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His forearm tattoo brands him as a "soldier/protector," but even an eight-month tour of duty in Afghanistan left Tyler Patnode still a kid at heart, too trusting for his own good.

When he returned home to LaSalle in February, the 22-year-old army gunner was blindsided by identity theft, a danger to anyone who travels and leaves their personal information vulnerable to misuse.

A boyhood friend with access to Patnode's chequebook betrayed him, he says.
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[Bzzliteyr]

I read that article and almost sent the authour an email.  I still can't figure out what Cpl Patnode did over there, a gunner (on a tank? on a LAV? with an MG?) is what the author says he was.  He also mentioned security on a tank (typical media calling a LAV a tank me thinks).

Also, there is mention of the 30 minute per day internet limit which is not the case, it's 30 minutes per session, you can re-log as needed if there is no one waiting in line.

I hate misinformation.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

LAV is mentioned in the article didn't see where tank was used thought

 

[Bzzliteyr]

"Todd Duchesneau, 25, a corporal who served with Patnode in Afghanistan, said the soldier's bad luck was ignored by many army superiors.

"I tried to help him," he said of Patnode, who had been a lifeline on many days as he scanned for trouble from a tank while Duchesneau patrolled on foot. "I spoke to five or six (superior officers) about him."

 

[Kendrick]

Todd and Tyler are good buddies of mine.  Brothers you might even say.  We served together over there.  I'll refrain from IDing where exactly they worked.  But buzz, same company as mine, my former platoon. 

 

[Bzzliteyr]

I forgot about the ability to be a gunner on an RG-31.. I am just trying to sort out the info in the article.

Like I said, I was ready to email the author and tell him if he needs someone to proof read his stuff for authenticity before he publishes, I am available.  I google his name and didn't see many other articles with a military theme to them so I didn't bother.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Thanks Bzzliteyr must have missed it when I read it.

 

[MedTechStudent]

Unbelievable.  To do it to anyone is wrong, to do that to a friend who is fighting for your rights and freedoms is disgusting. 

I hope he's caught and exported to the Galapagos.