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Veterans Group Treasurer Drains $150K from Accounts, Spends it on Porn

October 29, 2016 By HardBoiledNews Staff Leave a Comment

Frederick Brown admits his porn habit got a bit out of control

Frederick Brown admits his porn habit got a bit out of control

MANSFIELD, Connecticut — The elderly treasurer of  Connecticut VFW post pleaded guilty to stealing over $150,000 from two veterans group and spending it on online porn.

Frederick Brown, 72, admitted he took $143,000 from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 938 in Willington and $12,300 from the American Legion Post 14 in Vernon.

Prosecutors say members of the VFW post caught wind of the theft in 2014 when a $100 check they had written for a donation bounced. When they checked the post’s bank account they discovered less than $100 was left even though more than $100,000 had been there a year earlier.

As the post’s treasurer, Brown was the only one with access to the cash. Upon further inspection, the post member’s discovered he had opened a debit card on the account and had made $143,000 in purchases, including $32,000 on a site that featured women performing erotic acts via webcam. He also used the cash to buy other items, including groceries, investigators said.

According to the Journal Inquirer, Brown said he “got sucked” into using the site between 2012 and 214 and only stopped when he realized he had drained the post’s account.

After he was arrested in 2015, the members of the American Legion post told cops they thought Brown, who had been their treasurer from 2009 until 2012, had stolen from them as well. They said when he left, they had so little money they almost had to shut the post.

A further investigation found Brown had nabbed over $12,000 from their account.

Brown pleaded guilty in exchange for a 10-year sentence which will be suspended after four years.

 

 

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