'Paralyzed' veteran given free home caught walking

A national non-profit that built a specially-adapted house for a wounded Army veteran is now 'weighing its options', after contrasting stories have emerged regarding the severity of the soldier's injuries.
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[@Crimeculture]

There’s free housing in prison for the both of them

[@annabanana6406]

Brandi Caroline LoL 😂 fr fr

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

Damn. Lmaoooo 🤣🤣😂😂

[@jen137]

Brandi Caroline - Agreed!!

[@SeekTheLordJesusChrist7]

Not exactly. Free for him not for us

[@antoinettebush1574]

Eviction should be done immediately toss everything even brake it. Take away his veterans disability and medical. That's why my husband can't even get the proper help he needs. Not to mention others veterans. They are probably teaching there children to steal, cheat, and lie.

[@Badge1122]

His wife is just as guilty as he is.

[@LuxMeow]

Yes but we don't know why, she could be scared of him. We can't know the full spectrum of this situation.

[@TheBasher-_-]

Well she admitted he can walk and said Homes for troops did too. I think she's telling the truth and the cover up doesn't start or end with the couple. 🤔 A Non profit needing publicity is never to overlooked

[@iwin1833]

Yes she is they both are complete dirt balls

[@rbsmith3365]

Conspiracy! She knew he would be ok. Pay up!

[@marcellXcatalyst]

@@TheBasher-_- why would they use a fake when there's no shortage of actually paralyzed and amputated veterans

[@mylesgray3470]

Such a miracle. Who knew a free house could reverse such an injury like magic.

[@skreety0455]

It IS a handicap-equipped house, along with the truck! And the Vet has a twin brother!

[@mylesgray3470]

@@skreety0455 Wait, he has a twin? They left that out? If that’s the case, he would have one hell of a defamation case for this video.

[@skreety0455]

@@mylesgray3470 Ever seen that Bette Davis movie where she plays twins? Same thing.

[@ttnnaples8060]

Love the sarcasm.

[@rogerwhiting9310]

Medical miracle

[@johngate4715]

When my mother first got approved for SSI for a back problems , We kept having cars that would drive by the house super slow, and they would sit at the end of our driveway. Sometimes we would also see them sitting across the street. I ended up finding out later on that it was the SSI making sure my mother was not faking it. We had nothing to hide. There is always someone watching.

[@justinmitchell8343]

Wow

[@mrsleep0000]

@@Finestizpro How did you get they are going after disabled people by making sure they are actually disabled and not defrauding the system? That's not going after people, that's doing your due diligence to make sure you're not getting screwed.

[@willie417]

Workers comp those folks would do the samething, and do it a few days after they knew you had surgery, I was like really? come to find out they was spying on everyone, and they knew you couldn't go back until the doctors sign off on it, or you'll get in trouble for going back to work, and could get fired. The job site workers comp, not the U.S. worker comp

[@AJ-em9td]

I had the state watch me. The DMV had investigators watch my vehicles that were on my property. I never drove them, so I had the registration suspended and license plates removed.

[@Mairi..]

@@Finestizpro There are well over 9 MILLION people on ssdi. If they are surveilling someone, most likely someone called it in as a possible fraud.

[@latina_1716]

Both he and his wife need to be charged with fraud.

[@copwatchflorida206]

LETS CHARGE THE FEDERAL GOV WITH FRAUD FIRST

[@kitanajadefrost4663]

@@copwatchflorida206 great idea

[@ReeTVdocs]

Copwatchflorida but yeah I also agree here. Very good point

[@bricaaron3978]

Wait--this is taxpayer money? I thought it is a not-for-profit that takes donations?

[@bricaaron3978]

​@@ReeTVdocs *"Bric Aaron most charities will have funding from the government and donations from the public but in both of those cases, it’s still out of the American public’s pocket"* But there's a huge difference between a person voluntarily giving money to something he supports, and having his money taken whether he likes it or not, and spent on things he may or may not support. I wasn't aware that most charities get taxpayer money. That is absolutely unacceptable. In fact, it's not even a charity if a person is forced to give money to the cause. The entire concept of 'charity' is voluntary giving. When I do my taxes, I'm not performing an act of charity. Also: If he was *given* this house--which is what I understand happened--I don't see how the organization can possibly take it back. Once you give something away, you no longer have control over it. If someone at the gas station tells me she needs money to pay for diapers for her chillens, and I find out later that she actually needed it for beer, I unfortunately have no legal right to get the money back, just because she lied. If this con artist possesses the deed, and there is no additional contract associated with the transaction that would legally compel him to surrender the property under certain conditions, I don't see how anything can be done. It boggles my mind that no one thought it might be a good idea to make sure he was actually paralyzed. I takes me less than a minute to think of two or three creative ways to find out if a person _really_ can't use his legs...

[@ChristianConservativ]

I am 100% disabled retired Army Veteran and can't even get house repairs. These two individuals are what hurts the rest of us.

[@debaucherous.hamster]

ChristianConservativ I don’t live in the us but can’t you just ask the government for one do some papers and then boom a house?

[@ChristianConservativ]

I wish! The government wants us to fight for them but if you get wounded, injured, or sick then the government wants you to die. You get rewarded for doing nothing your whole life but having children and doing illegal drugs. You get punished for serving your country. If you have time read the following: July 21, 1932 - During the Great Depression, thousands of World War I veterans march on Washington, DC, to demand payment of their bonuses. Nicknamed the "Bonus Army", they consist of black and white veterans who dwell peaceably in Washington D.C. even living and working together, unheard of at the time and long before equal rights existed for blacks. After President Hoover and the Congress order the marchers, their wives, and children forcibly removed with gas, sabers, cavalry, soldiers, and tanks. Conspicuously led by General Douglas MacArthur, Army troops (including Major George S. Patton, Jr. and Dwight D. Eisenhower) formed infantry cordons and began pushing the veterans out, destroying their makeshift camps as they went. Although no weapons were fired, cavalry advanced with swords drawn, and some blood was shed. By nightfall, hundreds had been injured by gas (including a baby who died), bricks, clubs, bayonets, and sabers. The VA pays their transportation costs home. Congress authorizes early payment of the bonuses in 1936. www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/peopleevents/pandeAMEX89.html kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4SmYp-Ym72ZiLM

[@ChristianConservativ]

March 1991 - The VA orders Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in North Chicago, to stop performing vascular and orthopedic surgeries after the deaths of more than 40 patients in 1989 and 1990. After a review of the cases, the VA accepts responsibility for the deaths of eight patients.

[@ChristianConservativ]

2006 - Two teens steal a laptop computer and external hard drive containing the personal information of approximately 26 million veterans from the home of a VA data analyst. The laptop and hard drive are later recovered and FBI testing suggests that the data was never accessed. In 2009, the VA pays $20 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by veterans.

[@ChristianConservativ]

February 2009 - The VA notifies more than 6,000 patients who went to Alvin C. York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, that they may have been exposed to infectious diseases at the clinic due to contaminated endoscopic equipment. February 2009 - The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, notifies more than 1,200 people that they may have been treated with contaminated equipment. March 2009 - The VA sends letters to more than 3,000 people who may have had colonoscopies at VA facilities in Miami, warning that they may have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV. According to hospital officials, a review of safety procedures found that tubing used in endoscope procedures was rinsed but not disinfected. 2010 - The VA notifies more than 1,800 veterans treated at the John Cochran VA hospital in St. Louis that they may have been exposed to the infectious disease HIV during dental procedures

[@williambrooks639]

It's sad because I know alot of vets that are fkd up😔 salute to the real men and women ✌️

[@kathyharrison9848]

My Dad had a brain injury, neck, hearing, shoulder, and back injuries and flown to Mash Unit in Korea in 1952. Next day ordered back to DMZ. Promised his medical disability he was sent home w/o records. He received 30% DIS for a very short time and was cut. My mom and us 3 kids lost him and his brother within 3 weeks of each of each other due to Myocardial Infarctions now ruled by VA to be directly related to bombing in WW2/Korea deaths. He, Mom, and I tried over a span of 50+ yrs to get him or my mom something. He gave all….he was forgotten…is my view!!

[@greasesicle]

People that are not fucked up or Veterans are real men and women.

[@tendoukiryu6989]

What I’m confused is how wouldn’t the organization evaluate his medical records? Can you really falsify paralysis and spinal injuries?

[@bxstar5276]

Not sure how he would have got past that. In UK all your records must match your statement

[@tasharoyal2286]

They said his medical records were sealed.. that’s a lil suspicious there they should’ve moved on to the next candidate.

[@judyjohnson630]

He and his wife faked it well enough that they were getting VA benefits, for which she was convicted of drauf. Justin himself died in a hospital for prisoners in January of this year (2022). A sad outcome of the recent wars is a shockingly high number of veterans feeling that they are "owed" disability payments. They actually brag to each other about how high they can get their disability ratings. I'm not talking about veterans with legit mental or physical issues. I'm talking about veterans with no actual problems, just the sense they deserve a lifetime pension, so they fake injuries physical or mental. It's disgusting.

[@frisbee544]

Apparently so.

[@jeffjacobson59]

He probably was temporarily paralyzed but slowly got his feeling back

[@alexx3914]

He’s spitting in the face of real paralyzed veterans.

[@b.k.r.doggielover5449]

That's why people stopped donating to their causes. You just can't trust anyone. Even Vets, like this guy.

[@b.k.r.doggielover5449]

@Liberty Guns Trump Police Veterans Soldiers That's awesome. Thanks to him for his sincere, honest service. 👍

[@gracefullybrkn9512]

Any vet

[@b.k.r.doggielover5449]

@@OVER9000xDxD Saying, "Thank you," and donating are two different things. I'm grateful for the honest and sincere Veterans. For their service. To donate, not happening anymore.

[@benusetawalk2821]

He is spitting in the face of anybody that's paralyzed

[@norabickfordhill7978]

He needs to turn the keys over to a real paralyzed veteran

[@ohwhatelse]

What??? U actually think he'D DO that? They'll have to physically BOOT him ou, & I SURE hope they DO!

[@hiddengemz955]

Nora Bickford Hill or homeless one

[@nanope773]

firing squad

[@novmbr70jesuslovesyou72]

True

[@springerworks002]

@Pumpedmuscle We can put him in prison after we put Busch in prison for starting a war on a lie.

[@jrzzrj]

As a veteran (no injuries), I am very disheartened at the way we have been taken by unworthy recipients of a free home when so many needy vets get absolutely nothing. I can understand possible improvements to this vet's health, but it's the way he has treated any inquiries about these so-called improvements tells me that there is some coverup going on, and I want to see legal action taken.

[@alexcrawford5350]

He actually officially died this year, on January 29, 2022.

[@Okami9653]

"Get off my property." No sir. Get off of the property that you conned decent, generous people out of.

[@bigjoe4770]

Still his

[@novanero7847]

big joe FRAUDULENTLY.

[@bigjoe4770]

@@novanero7847 still his

[@amberthemagnificent7259]

@@bigjoe4770 if it can be proven in court that he got the house through fraudulent methods, then no, it's not his house

[@pinkfloyd7221]

Big joe he’s a con men he needs to be in jail

[@Jacktrek_ne]

Now give that house to a veteran that's actually disabled, preferably someone who has honor and isn't a scumbag

[@bazbrown4277]

Too late and hes white so not gona happen.

[@vrcbeezy57]

Stg

[@jessd3601]

Baz Brown that’s not how it works in the real world

[@wolfdensix]

Real ones are never found becuase they never ask for help.

[@chrisw5742]

Military fakes war and smuggles Heroin. There's no honor in that.

[@LucienYT]

If you're looking for an update on this, him and his wife have been charged with fraud and multiple other felonies. He apparently committed suicide earlier this year while in custody and she was just convicted a couple months ago on all charges and is looking at up to 20 years in prison

[@charliesheen5256]

Sheesh. Not the update I was expecting

[@randymcgowan5444]

Why is this not surprising

[@theboss6877]

Guilty conscience

[@chrisbera7952]

That's horrible

[@dopeman420]

Good...fk them both

[@Awebreeze-zm3st]

He's dead, moms convicted and the two children pay for these mistakes. So pitiful, I hope the girls found some happiness and normality in their lives.

[@Dontbustthecrust]

He's dead?

[@cz4182]

@@Dontbustthecrust Yes, you'll see if you Google his name.

[@Dontbustthecrust]

@@cz4182 how did he die?

[@andrewp5345]

@@Dontbustthecrust being paralyzed

[@Dontbustthecrust]

@@andrewp5345 hahaha.

[@countryprepper4719]

This makes me sick inside for the real soldiers with injuries.

[@razoredge6476]

In the words of Mike Tyson ..."Spinal"

[@johnnyfootball8846]

Country Prepper well he did get seriously injured just not paralyzed

[@countryprepper4719]

@@johnnyfootball8846 did he really get injured?? 🤔🤔🤔

[@zparkplug2788]

seriously. i grew up military and ive seen countless vets w injuries get no help, no compensation. and somehow this lying sack of crap gets a free house and is walking around all over his property like nothings wrong

[@steveonrock]

I'm the 1000th thumbs up.

[@Nimrod-BuckysHuntingTips]

Basically, he stole this home from a veteran who truly needed it. Total fraud - him and his wife. Take the home from them. There shouldn't be any question.

[@Nimrod-BuckysHuntingTips]

G V Why don't you go back to playing on your Xbox.

[@GussAGaming]

G V some veterans were drafted and had no choice....

[@roxannemoser]

G V Go play Pokemon you little waterhead

[@wendijoe2793]

So is he not a vet? You want him hirt more? How much pain os worth a house? Lose of a leg? Both legs? I lost my dog of 16 years

[@ryansmith1471]

G V bro what?!

[@subyouwont]

My grandfather was a vet who fought in d day. He came back a shell of his former self never talking again with severe ptsd. That’s somebody who needed help, but never received any outside of the love of his wife

[@andrewsstation6436]

I’m tremendously sorry to hear that! It’s very sad that the honest ones are those who don’t get the respect, love, and appreciation that they very much deserve!

[@marctoonz813]

As someone who is paralyzed from chest down i would love to be able to walk around whenever I felt like it.

[@shadowmoses6084]

Kick him out of the house and give it to someone who is injured. Him and his wife should be ashamed of themselves.

[@sistocastelli5892]

I'd give them both a free jail cell! 😡😡🤮

[@markpayne3852]

{Ernest R} *their*

[@seanshawn7910]

Best solution I've read so far

[@williamfoxx3277]

That's the problem people like that are never ashamed for their actions

[@BEERSnGEARS]

Getting a free home for what he went through is one thing, but staying in a home built for disabled people is wrong. Someone truly paralyzed could be looking for a home to fit their needs and it's occupied by people all capable of standing and walking. Someone that truly can't walk may be struggling in a home designed with higher counters, while they wait for a home like This.

[@dragnbane]

I'm not disabled, but I AM a veteran, and this guy makes me sick

[@canamx399]

DragnBane thank you for your service. I’d give them both felonies.

[@shinobione2575]

He’s a veteran too

[@dragnbane]

@@shinobione2575 point taken, guess I was so angry with him pretending to be disabled that I let that fact slip

[@chunk2394]

DragnBane thank you for your service

[@taliehughes4341]

Thanks you for your service

[@mrspacmanharris-jones815]

my father served in Vietnam and he died not even ever getting any help from VA and he had a purple heart. The really don't care about the veterans

[@blowurn0se]

So sad! What’s his name? Is he on google?

[@albertsmith99]

Exactly, once you are discharged, you are no longer worth anything to the government. Yet they push patriotism and military tradition only to entice others to join the military machine. The people that really do help veterans are average joes like you and me.

[@Yourenotreal7]

Its always the ones that cry the loudest that have nothing wrong with them… the ones truly hurt are silent and humble☹️

[@rickmassey5802]

That $380,000 could have went a long way to buy prosthetic arms and legs

[@bondonsky5009]

WHAT A LEPPA😲🤡

[@Lee-bv7tj]

Which don't work if you're paralysed btw

[@daveschef]

*could have gone

[@barkeeper7887]

Dude, hes paralyzed

[@lunafringe10]

everybody who puts his life on the line for public and military service, should get sufficient compensation, Then war mongering govts will run out of money

[@ksbmwgirl75]

This is called FRAUD! Everyone involved needs to be held accountable.

[@coobay978]

Jail

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

No, just the man and his wife. The organization did nothing wrong. And the man's doctor may not have known this was going on and even if he did, due to patient confidentiality, I'm not sure what they could have said to inform he wasn't telling the truth. I suppose it's not breaking confidentiality laws if you say someone doesn't have something...but again, he may not have known this scam was happening. No, just this liar and his wife should be imprisoned.

[@carlimcelrath1901]

isn't this a FEDERAL OFFENSE?!?!?!?

[@FatRescueSwimmer04]

Lol Thx Captain Obvious

[@lordvoldemort5725]

no.. the organization did nothing wrong.

[@nwhy406]

Update: He passed in a federal prison while awaiting trial for health care fraud. His then wife will be sentenced on the 20th of this month.

[@asshol3e3]

It took 7 years for a sentencing date? That's just insanity

[@NunyaBizzybone]

He passed away...???

[@TheCriticalAnalyst]

"caught walking" had me dead

[@tangobango9653]

Just because he’s a VET doesn’t mean he’s a decent or honorable guy. Give the “free” house to a more deserving US Veteran.

[@strangeroamer3219]

Because only disabled veterans deserve a home I guess.

[@alienmonkeyforever]

@Jo The Great,no he lied. Seems like people think the only way to get help or get ahead is to lie. This is why hard working people don’t give,you can’t trust anyone to tell the truth. Your situation doesn’t have to be dire or permanent to get others to help. Just tell the truth! I think the house SHOULD BE repossessed! What he did was con a charity and the American people. His wife is no better,she should have called him on his BS and said “no we are not doing this”. That’s what you do in a marriage (at least that is what we do in our marriage). Someone has to be rational. How can this couple lie like they did and raise honest responsible children? People like him is one of the reason it takes so long for our vets to get the help they desperately need.

[@jackwertz8301]

@@strangeroamer3219 ...he pretended to be paralyzed. That scrawny POS should have that have house taken away. Wonder how much of his VA disability rating is fraudulent?

[@jackwertz8301]

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[@kikisoaps6544]

Like my ex refuses to work. His goal is to get 100 % disability. Army vet..con artist..

[@27273100]

This is why people are thinking more than twice about donating a penny to charity organizations.

[@tigergreg8]

Exactly

[@vickiemckay4259]

#FACTS

[@ldcharper8536]

For real

[@blondie4512]

Bingo

[@ewjiml]

27273100 It’s sad. When I really needed help, borderline homeless when I lost my job, they Wounded Veterans would not help me because they said it was not related to my service. Well, working in the ER one day triggered something in my head that wouldn’t get out for weeks. I hastily and stupidly quit my job (when I should have taken medical) after 7 years. I had to pull myself out of the hole but got no aid from any veterans service out there.

[@Mumblingturtle]

He died in federal prison awaiting trial. The wife is doing 4 years

[@m.j.carlson8246]

Wow. Must've been all the "thoughts and prayers."

[@edbrake2723]

Love your reply!😀

[@GeneralCane]

"Taking back the home... is a last resort." Seems like an appropriate first resort.

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

Really how is it not the only resort. In what situation does he deserve to stay? Why aren't they kicking him out and giving it to the next person in a wheelchair?

[@willblack7353]

Well, who owns the home?

[@DotHacker99]

There's going to be some kind of agreement that he signed saying he was getting the house with the acknowledgement that he was permanently disabled. It'd be one thing if he naturally recovered and was sincere but it looks like he made things out to much worse from the git go to get the free house. Just like the doc says, you can't go from not moving your legs for months to suddenly walking like a normie.

[@slappymcslapster8845]

EXACTLY!

[@gr8dvd]

@@DotHacker99 You’re making an assumption, bet the charity’s first such scam and deed conveyance had no such contingency/condition… then. Regardless hopefully now they do.

[@aliennotion2876]

Good thing the house comes equipped with low counters and fixtures, because this guy is as low as you can get.

[@prettylittlelesbian2834]

Righteous Indignation good one!

[@rydermiller1782]

That deserves at least 1k likes

[@margaretbrantley2964]

lol

[@suzzanimalchannel1030]

Best comment ever!!

[@crystalvelasquez5615]

Well played lol

[@smokestrong1000]

Update. He's dead. Wasn't paralyzed but seems like he did have some debilitating medical issues that caused his death.

[@davemypersonalthoughts]

Justin Perez-Gorda, 33, died on Jan. 29 at a medical center for federal prisoners in Missouri in 2022 Perez-Gorda was charged by federal investigators in late 2017 on a swath of allegations including wire fraud, health care fraud, making false statements related to health care matters, and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Additional details on Perez Gorda's death were not released, due to safety and privacy concerns, said the spokesperson, who added that a medical examiner would determine the inmate’s cause of death.

[@dontbotherreadingmyname6146]

Kick him out of the house and give it to an ACTUAL DISABLED VETERAN!

[@antisocialbutterfly4209]

He’s still disabled. Just in a different way than he claimed.

[@angelacarleton9575]

Damn right!

[@David_Stevens]

Sadly, if the home is no longer in the foundations name and they signed it over to him, there might not be much that can be done.

[@jimadula3702]

please!!!

[@josephatnip2398]

Once they sign that home over to him is his he has owner rights there's not much they can do I think him probably turn around and slap him with some type of a civil suit to try to recoup their money forcing him to sell that house but shit he doesn't really have to do much but pretend he's disabled to fight that...... you can always play the will some days I can walk and some days I cant

[@ianratinon2042]

No different than "stolen valor". He can keep his uniform but should leave his house for somebody that deserves it.

[@rbsmith3365]

He should’ve turn the house in. Housing in San Antonio area is getting too expensive for 30 years. And one bedroom apartment built in 80’s and rent is doubled or tripled now.

[@eleramsinoutt4406]

Should be stripped of all titles, awards, and military burial rights

[@Charlie_Kelly666]

@@rbsmith3365 pfff, the places by me go for minimum $850k. His place with all that may go for maybe $1.5m. Housing is ridiculous

[@happyfacefries]

I think they should just serve him a mortgage, he should pay for it now.

[@tyffaneelavely8087]

@@eleramsinoutt4406 dude he was still in the military and suffered great injuries. He doesn't deserve to be stripped of his titles, awards or anything else. If they had a better system in place for our veterans, then maybe he wouldn't have had lied bout how bad his injuries were.

[@chrisanza2880]

He died before justice could be handed down, unfortunately.

[@charleanastasia5557]

My Dad is an 82 year old Veteran, thankfully he was never injured. But even tho he's a veteran and there is always help offered to him. He's never taken a dime. He figured that because he wasn't injured and can fully support himself, that's exactly what he'll do. In fact, he just started his social security retirement THIS YEAR, He didn't even take the low interest veterans home loans. He said he wants to make sure there's plenty left for those more in need. And that's how an honorable veteran thinks. This young man was injured, for sure, and deserved help. Like a low interest home loan, low interest car loan etc. But his ability to effectively lie Gave him way more than he was entitled to and took from those vets who are in real, serious need. and his wife was essential in backing up his lies. The real victims, actual paralyzed vets, and his children. I'm sorry he passed away. But that doesn't clean his slate.

[@kyl2809]

Sounds like a dumbass. He saved less than they spend on one plane in the Air Force reserves. No need to take advantage, but take what you earned, your not helping anyone they will just forgive student loans for people that willingly took them and DIDN’T shed blood and sweat for their country.

[@justongranger7816]

he’s not smart. he should have got what he deserved. they have a budget that would cover all veterans and each year it just sits there barely touched. so idk why his family didn’t educate him and let him continue to be brainwashed by the government.

[@stiletto10826]

Time to present him with a mortgage.

[@morganarose46]

Yes! He'd need to get more than one job to afford it.

[@dearbournegal]

Well, yes, a partial portion for lying...despite the conflict, he still served.

[@Michaelkaydee]

No, jail

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

Or an eviction notice

[@ljohnso968]

👍🏾

[@mothmanifest]

That house was built especially for a paraplegic. I’m sure they can find someone more in need of that home.

[@dondeigo9218]

Ya but only military veterans qualify.

[@salk6792]

Haha man he finessed it

[@toshar4515]

@@dondeigo9218 an im sure they can still find a military paraplegic that needs that home

[@blixkyjr.254]

@Coffee cup 😭😭

[@airmanma]

@@dondeigo9218 Yeah, millions of them scamming the VA for a disability. That needs a look into also. So much fraud.

[@randymcgowan5444]

I Broke my back and I’m fine now after 13 years , off morphine for 1 year now , not all days are good but I know you don’t come back from being paralyzed . This stuff always makes people feel foolish for giving donations when things are deceptive . I give but I do my research into organizations first .

[@mizzysparrots4874]

Its disgusting that hes faking something that so many actually have, and willingly accepted a free home made for a disabled person that someone else could have used. Shameful.

[@yanetcortez3789]

As a disabled mother of 3 in a duplex having to be carried around because my apartment isn’t big enough for my wheelchair, this really angers me too😡 I only pray I could receive a Blessing like this.😢 so wrong of him!! I agree with you 💯

[@jerrygundrum1]

A $380,000 home at that.

[@rbsmith3365]

Housing in San Antonio area is getting too expensive for 30 years.

[@jongaulthero]

Is he just faking the handicap or is he also faking being proud of slaughtering unarmed villagers and stealing their oil and gold in exchange for free community college?

[@eleramsinoutt4406]

@@jongaulthero Name the unarmed villagers slaughtered, then show me where the F**k oil is in Afghanistan. I'm assuming you believe camels poop gold...

[@scottiecee3442]

He says “get off my property” as if he earned it. How disgusting.

[@katslat8410]

RIGHT and not paying one DIME for this home. It makes you want to VOMIT!! >{

[@georgemaherjr2290]

Kat Slat Agreed. It’s absolutely disgusting

[@katslat8410]

@@georgemaherjr2290 yes, like people owe them something 🤢🤢🤢

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

It’s not his property 🤣🤣

[@andrewsstation6436]

Where’s the *uno reverso card* when we need it?

[@josephpowelliii9169]

A $380, 000 house?! Lord help us all. Honesty is a bygone commodity these days...replaced by dishonesty, laziness, greed, and entitlement.

[@RebeccaRivera61]

how on earth could anyone think they could get away with this? now the kids suffer. crazy situation.

[@christopheraaron8299]

Well, he's dead now, so he didn't get away with it for long. He died in federal custody back in January.

[@ifor20got]

It's a Miracle house. It cures paralysis. Rent it out on a monthly basis to all paralysis victims

[@Wsukemama]

HAHAHA!

[@Zeldaftw]

BEST comment here! LOL

[@listennowbreath]

Fraud. Go to jail !

[@samnjambi]

Hahahahahhahahaha. That is the best comment i have read on this story.

[@jessicahood6590]

U have won the BEST comment award😂🤣

[@R.O.T.C._SEEM]

Can you imagine the guy who was close to getting the house who actually needed it

[@JoJo-zx9sc]

That's exactly what I was thinking...there wouldve been quite a few applicants for that house, I'm sure. Then they would've whittled it down to two or three and chosen between them...imagine how gutted they must be, especially now they know who got in instead of them!

[@JoseRodriguez-ze2pi]

Now he has to wait

[@JoseRodriguez-ze2pi]

It messes up for all the vets

[@chimmychonga3992]

he has a permanent disability to his lower extremities in the form of an incomplete paraplegia. The proof of this is that he has claimed to be incomplete the whole video. Backed up by the fact he used sah grant to get that house. Which means he is permanently 100% disabled.

[@aliciahanson7294]

He faked everything to get the house. Hes no better then these scamers who call you and scam you out of your money. He does not deserve it. He should be made to go back in the service and work it off or go to jail. Think of what there teaching there kids. There going to grow up thinking its ok to scam ppl.

[@djjamison6548]

This really makes me angry. I know vets that really needs this kind of help. They get turned down, one committed suicide.

[@jackesioto]

Meanwhile, the majority of disabled veterans live in dwellings inadequate for their needs or group homes, if they even have housing at all!

[@TheINFJChannel]

Suggestion: never donate to a GoFundMe unless you know the person or someone involved. I donated $1,000 to a cancer chick who ended up already recovered and spent the money on vacations. Pissed me off. 99% of funds don't go to what they claim. Just beware. I recommend donating to *your own family* . Why give money to others over your own blood? That's selfish. K, Merry Christmas ❤️

[@redghost3170]

Veteran here. What a nice life...free house, government money every month and dude like 24 years old. Nice big expensive truck, too.

[@artemis6828]

thank you for your service

[@Robotdad474]

Same, as a vet as well he’s got it made. Makes you wonder what else this dude has lied about.

[@dino91001]

chevys are trash tho

[@MzVagabond]

What are you entitled to as an American veteran? Do you get a pension or anything?

[@nelliethursday1812]

Thank you for your service. What really upsets me is all the homeless vets who need a place to call probably never know a home

[@Captain_Brian78]

This guy is a fraud, they should repossess the house.

[@vxv_zeus4585]

Mans a bot

[@veasnamateo7977]

Yes, they should demolish the house because it is too dirty to repossess; hmmm! I wonder how they are making out since he is paralized ^u^

[@orbitalpudding1946]

@Michael This guy ended up going to jail in 2017 anyway, unfortunately not for the fraudulent and being a scam artist, but for BEATING his wife and kids. Even has mug shots online too.

[@firstclassgamingau1690]

@Alex Jay he did lobby though cause he initiated the application where he did all the checks if its a gift tyhen they would just give it to him

[@firstclassgamingau1690]

@Alex Jay no he applied for it and its a fraudlant gift there was a condition that he was paralyzed hes not so thats the end of it

[@suemitchell4653]

He wanted sympathy, therefore he got a freehouse with donation. That needs to be donated to the actual vet that doesn't lie.

[@nyancatnatalie]

Update: The 'paralyzed' veteran and his wife were arrested. He died in a federal prison. I don't know the circumstances of his death, but I don't feel sorry for him in the slightest. So, his wife is suffering the consequences alone. She was found guilty of fraud faces 20 years in prison plus 10 years per health care charge (there's about 11 of them).

[@portdogg40]

Good to hear

[@tato2493528]

another comment in here said he committed suicide...not sure how accurate that is.

[@rosiebabyg.622]

There's soldiers out there that really need help..this sucks.

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

It would be nice if someone attacked him and paralyzed him from the waist down. Let him keep his home after that and call it even.

[@finnm1370]

Bonzi Buddy his home should be in jail

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

@@finnm1370 Given the choice of being free and paralyzed or in jail and not paralyzed I think we know which one he'd choose which shows how scummy it is to claim such a disability.

[@pigeon1923]

This is terrible.

[@derekavalos8]

Shame on this guy and his wife, 😡😠take the house back and give it to a real hero.

[@altesta5560]

@My Opinion Agree

[@13sweets1313]

Derek Avalos This is criminal! He & his wife should be prosecuted & put in jail for theft of services. They have no integrity or honor..Give that home to a paralyzed veteran who deserves it.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@roboif2606]

They won't. He's a white vet. I'm a Black combat vet wounded in Iraq, 3 combat tours in Iraq, wounded Black vets don't get the roll out treatment like they give to White wounded vets. Facts.

[@lashawannajoyner5993]

Absolutely right...take it away!!

[@grammadoh1]

@@roboif2606 racist

[@wandacarpenter4555]

I wanted to tell you what these girls in that office really looked like but my conscience won’t let me.

[@killzalot6667]

Great example for his kids

[@pjob123]

He should be arrested for fraud.

[@pjob123]

Dezel Bor True! Good point.

[@pjob123]

Ricky spanish Yeah, Denzel Bor got it right. If that had been a black guy his ass would be out of that House pronto.

[@pjob123]

Dezel Bor I’m surprised Vets haven’t rallied to get this guy thrown out. He’s not a Vet to me anymore & I don’t care what he did. Thanks for your service.

[@IDGAFS21]

Patrick O'Boyle and shot

[@valentino9629]

Ricky spanish he's just white🤪🤪😂😂

[@NN-bv9lq]

If everyone in your neighborhood knows your a paralyzed vet why in the hell would you walk around your house

[@sramoore0075187]

There's nothing that organization is going to do. They dont want the grief or the fight. The guy is still a decorated war veteran. Even though he is a lying sack of shit.

[@AliciaWalker28]

Must've been the brain injury lol

[@bencarlson9803]

arrogance and complete lack of respect.

[@robertlund5694]

@@sramoore0075187 like the government and the charities that helped!

[@Jaytezzle]

Because there is nothing they are going to do about it.

[@myname-ib5zi]

Just stumbled across this video and was curious as to the outcome of the story. A quick Google search reveals that Justin died in January of this year while being held as a Federal prisoner awaiting trial. His wife, Josephine, has been found guilty of fraud. Sentencing was set for two days ago, Dec. 20, but I couldn't find any info regarding what the sentence was.

[@claytonlawrence7819]

What a legend - Great work Justin - homes for our troops needs to admit defeat on this one.

[@deecantola1923]

The truly sad thing about this story is now fewer people will donate to those who do need the help.

[@sabrinabowden-hughes1730]

So true!

[@lucienvandegaart3611]

To that charity not to all. So he not 100 percent dead and read the record. Suffers from brain injury. So he can move better as time moves on so does he. Where's the defense just some more hate news directed at our armed forces. Bet it took a lot of pushing to get 100 percent and a house. Believe me if he's an outright fraud he'd of already lost his home and disability combat check long ago. Rehabilitation from war wounds hit you every way. Loss of family mind body spirit now after many Drs exams and reports from the day the purple heart was earned you want to deny his dignity for a lousy house in Tax ass where everything's bigger especially the guns and bullshit. Nice house bet he was on a waiting list for 2 yrs. This charity had nothing but time to check him out they knew who he was. Keep the house still hurt at the end of the day the wheel chair sucks probably never want to see one again. Those things suck you have to kill me cuz I wouldn't want one forever. To many folks believe anything a lousy paper says and a lousy politician says. Leave the man and his wife alone he earned it you didn't. What kind of a job can a wounded soldier expect to be hired for? A scam solicitor at minimum wage taken advantage of again. It's the fight in this man I love get off my property saw it in a movie. Screw news media they lie to much for a lousy buck. Oh we're just reporting what was told even if it ruins this man's life surprised they didn't post his address and phone number mg's. Buzzards anywhere you go delivering bad news to dumb suckers everyday. Everyone does it to themselves unless your a child or a soldier. They have no choice just take orders you just Cannon fodder to those in charge. Lots bigger fish swimming need to get fried besides combat vets

[@debbieschultz9768]

All it takes is one rotten egg

[@ericlopez8408]

No this just highlights that fact. Look at all the disparaging remarks made about this soldier.

[@marcel84marcel]

Why should people donate for veterans? The USA is the wealthiest nation ever, the government should be supplying veterans everything they need.

[@raylee4423]

He needs to go to jail. What A slap in the face to veterans who actually have to suffer and live with being paraplegic. Defrauding an organization.

[@goodgirlkay]

Jail? Wtf? LMBAO!

[@lukeGGlee]

Rey B not really the real slap is from the govt themselves, so many homeless veterans out there.

[@raylee4423]

sonny lee I guess it's a double slap.

[@Dicateaux]

This soldier still took one for you turds. Remember that.

[@foundmebill9274]

BLACK ALIEN MUSINGS yeah buddy it's called fraud.

[@samlyons3552]

I know a vet ( marine ) that is getting a check for life for PTSD that never was in combat

[@Awardrobeofwonders]

Even before a combat, PTSD can happen.

[@samlyons3552]

@@Awardrobeofwonders tragic that workers have to support these Cream Puffs that volunteer for the service and then " Milk the Cow "

[@roberh8357]

Just lie about MST and have some buddies write some statements easy 100 percent. I have a close friend who is a provider that reviews claims. The majority of them have no substantiating documents, but a small portion will use unsubstantiated claims that are laughable to attempt to substantiate their trauma. While heavily redacted it’s objectively obvious that a large chunk simply could not have happened. Yet these individuals walk away with serious compensation. I’m not even upset at it really just pissed when I see someone who actually suffered sexual trauma or combat get smaller percentages due to their honesty.

[@_ArsNova]

Worst part is he didn't even need to fake that injury to get assistance, he was a legitimately injured veteran. He's just such loathsome greedy person he faked it for far more.

[@fireflymiesumae]

I hope they give the house to someone who deserves it.

[@linanicolia1363]

Send the fraudulous people packing......take his pension and have him get a regular job. He is a fraud.

[@jackhammer078jack4]

Some background check.

[@jackhammer078jack4]

Really? I would say you missed a lot

[@jackhammer078jack4]

And he was driving. DRIVING!!!!

[@iggy3663]

@@jackhammer078jack4 he had special controls on his truck so he could gas and brake with his hands

[@troyrblb44]

His wife looks like she asks to see the manager a lot

[@JoseRodriguez-ze2pi]

She's the one that told him to do it

[@seansnipes8334]

A lot of busnisses suck. Do ur job and we won't need the manager.

[@djricovelano791]

@@seansnipes8334learn to spell businesses right and then ask to see the manager for a cleaning job. :-))

[@seansnipes8334]

@@djricovelano791 Ur Comment is Edited so ur Opinion is Invalid. Move Along.

[@djricovelano791]

@@seansnipes8334 these comebacks are the same as others. This is all Russian Troll. I sent my complai t to Yiutube. Is that all you Russian have?

[@janiekcarney5482]

Perhaps ownership of these homes should stay with the Homes for our Troops.

[@dfillio8993]

As someone who also gets VA disability you have to go to a doctor and it’s a whole process so you’re trying to tell us that this dude just claimed he was paralyzed and no one including doctors ever questioned it? Like wtf

[@uncleben8895]

Why are we buying 380k houses for anyone? That is too expensive for most people to keep up mortgage or not. Why not buy 3 houses for 3 vets.

[@HerHealthyHome]

It costs money to make a house wheel chair accessible, with custom cabinetry. They do not have to pay a mortgage, the house is paid for and the taxes should be cheaper than the smallest apt one could rent in that area.

[@uncleben8895]

@@HerHealthyHome Yeah I was a bit unclear, I meant to say the cost of a house that size is more than I could afford without a mortgage. The gas/water/electric in the typical 380k house in the suburbs I have been around is likely 600/month in utilities and taxes. To expect a paralyzed vet and his wife to afford those kinds of fixed costs is not doing them any favor. 1500 square feet with top notch accessibility seems like a more sensible alternative.

[@seanwilks7712]

They build them.

[@2DclanSnipingTeam]

@@uncleben8895 , In my area 1500 sq ft is $350,000 and I pay over $600 a month for utilities alone. Another $300 a month in taxes. I need to move!

[@freelancerAM]

Where in this video did anyone buy a 380k house for anyone? 380k is what the home APPRAISED for after completion.

[@simpleplanfan011]

This just goes to show you that just because someone is a veteran, it doesn’t mean they’re automatically entitled to respect... especially when they use that status to scam people.

[@r45f1]

aman

[@iiiMUNiiiQUE]

G hollie awoman

[@brassbelle4528]

My husbands a marine and we know a lot of questionable servicemen. One of my friends husbands is getting full disability for an injury he got cheerleading in high school. Before he got discharged he knocked her up so he’s getting additional money for a dependent. Then he divorced her. He married her for BAH and someone to do his laundry and cook for him

[@damienholland8103]

I've been saying this for a long time. Just because someone wears a uniform does not automatically mean they're a good person. Wait and see. Don't assume. I'm tired of police, firemen, and soldiers being put on pedestals. Judge each individual on an individual basis.

[@jackbrokaw1020]

I once had a panhandler shame me because "I'M A VETERAN DON'T YOU APPRECIATE ME?" Didn't work in getting any money out of me.

[@russlo9553]

They can pay it forward . Give their house for another disable vet . He can walk and work and buy a house like the rest of us .

[@dallasryder8125]

Damn… that house is worth over half a million now.

[@KrayZRyder]

He not only walked. He bent way over and picked up something. That’s no way he’s just recovered.

[@elquiscocam612]

you look like vegan teacher

[@RealMdrid3]

@@elquiscocam612 yup

[@dougbfresh]

He's also dead now so. Things did not work out in his favor.

[@CashRules660]

@@dougbfresh Wow really? How what happened??

[@crnkmymthrfknhog8670]

Yea that’s correct Karen

[@StevenPG72]

As a medically retired Marine, this infuriates me to the core

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

Hello my friend Thomas here. Hope all is well

[@StevenPG72]

@@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987 Hello Devil Dog, I'm hanging in there brother, thank you for your concern and hope all is well with you and your family! 👌

[@reitairue2073]

As a civ who supports our men in uniform, I am outraged for you. This is kind of disturbing actually, ngl. People like me are always pushing to help our vets, then this happens. wtf man

[@certifiedfnhater4038]

As an able bodied civilian it’s angers me as well. Bc folks like this will cause good hearted folks to not want to help any more bc they don’t want to waste their time or money on a faker.

[@georgeoy932]

Thankyou for your service sir… miracles do happen but who really knows if that’s the case here

[@kindredmalise6633]

It's a miracle! He's walking!

[@dabar8801]

WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS!! So-so many Veterans in need and they put out a story about one vet that has suffer badly, but has cheated the system. WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS

[@letsfly7562]

Another scammer. When there’s a vet out there that really needs help. He should be arrested.

[@rodschermerhorn6996]

Yes

[@rodschermerhorn6996]

Fraud

[@nintendokingful]

doctor told him he would be perm paralyzed the doctor misdiagnose

[@conabish]

@@prophettruth1923 Stop yelling. If you don't like it here, leave. We don't have any protesters getting tear gassed and sprayed down.

[@johngates450]

Looks like he played the Gov for fools along w the non profit. ..Would be interested to see how his ordeal now turns out..

[@Scratchingforcash]

We need an update on this. He, 100% should have to give the house back.

[@elgeneralxx]

Your fired.

[@robingreenwood297]

Agreed

[@CaptchaNeon]

@@elgeneralxx You’re*

[@elgeneralxx]

@@CaptchaNeon go back to Canada!

[@CaptchaNeon]

@@elgeneralxx LOL go back to a country I’ve never been to. YOU’RE (You-are) AN IDIOT!

[@Gabriel83580]

You can tell if you look carefully as he walks in the garage he is limping. If he is the type of man that refuses to give up and has painfully recovered or recovering, he should have went public with his therapy and recovery. Instead of hiding it.

[@ptbernard]

One thing I might say of the home regardless of the paralyzed story is that it is more lavish than it needs to be. Maybe if they had cut back on the high end extras, the charity might be able to serve more veterans in need.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Super sad.... the young man clearly sacrificed a lot, he would’ve been considered a hero but chose to lie. The only thing people will remember him for are his lies, despite his sacrifice.

[@younissumaling8744]

He got amputed

[@younissumaling8744]

And added legs

[@jdpoquiz9880]

the reason people are outrage on this is because poor permanent paralyzed veterans need this home and was taken by another veteran that is not paralyzed

[@goofybutserious4807]

Dude he wouldn't be remembered either way. Have you ever been to a world war II graveyard?

[@daniellebroadnex4255]

Don’t forget “Karen” lies.... aka “his wife”

[@jgesselberty]

What a slap in the face to the many who are, even now, suffering with their injuries.

[@MCPaul-ct9fq]

Yes like the burn pit issue, many vets have to fight for years for benefits very few get a free home. The opposite is true there are too many homeless veterans.

[@caroljohnson6168]

Only white people get away with this shit

[@jackrichardson5841]

Who shouldn’t have to be injured to get a property after combat for your country I think the fact he felt like he had to lie to get a property says a lot about the US

[@caroljohnson6168]

@@jackrichardson5841 No this is how white people do everything because it's there way of life

[@prokeyavaimausa9412]

Disgusting honestly

[@ss_whole]

IT'S A MIRACLE !

[@mariarod6998]

Give the house to vet who really needs it

[@wisdom47397]

Kick him out of the house and give it to a Veteran who deserves it.

[@robertlund5694]

Ironic .

[@JWex-jy7sk]

You know what’s even worse about this guy? It turns out back in 2017 he was actually arrested for assault and child abuse! 😒

[@Will_Moffett]

So the injuries he did sustain are not worthy enough? How do you decide who gets what for what injury? Maybe the injury he got changed his personality into what we now see.

[@hkgrvffuj6839]

@@Will_Moffett stfy

[@greetings.haveaniceday.7162]

*earned, not deserved. Nobody really "deserves anything. Ya earn things.*

[@chrisjohnson1440]

Should be arrested for fraud him and his wife

[@patrick-sunnumchuckchia-ku623]

Anyone else would've been arrested shortly after the first time he was caught. Not waiting for "more evidence".

[@inthebeginning6895]

Coming from someone who is paralyzed, he wouldn’t even believe what it’s like to be in a wheelchair.

[@williamedwards8743]

You should be arrested for a stupid statement like that.

[@ryneread9666]

Idk why he hasnt got arrested

[@lisabaiocchi1228]

I agree should be in jail probably not even a vet taking a way from some who needs it

[@egyphon]

Justin Perez-Gorda, 33, died Jan. 29 (2022) at a medical center for federal prisoners in Missouri awaiting trial in health care fraud case

[@SundayBlues555]

Thanks, googled that, but could he be possibly faking his death too?

[@BennyChains88]

This is what is commonly referred to as stolen valor.

[@zavier1304]

Those lowered counter tops must be a pain in the back for him.

[@Hendawg1]

Literally

[@bens4276]

Haha!

[@jrviade85]

😂😂😂😂

[@razoredge6476]

Next he'll be doing barbell squats in that garage 😅

[@mcomuonobunde-omuono1132]

I disagree. Coz he can put his goddamn stupid ass down on the free wheelchair and work away at the counter tops.

[@wcjcnc]

A $400,000.00 home for one person? That's ridiculous. They could have given a $100,000.00 home to four different vets. Poor management

[@juniorlopez2767]

380,000 not 400,000 you dumb ass

[@carrenpalmer3453]

@@juniorlopez2767 I saw what you did there

[@alexv4658]

J.R. LOPEZ you know what he meant stupid ass

[@rustyshackleford7179]

J.R. LOPEZ like that makes a difference “dumbass”

[@chukwudiilozue9171]

Homes for the paralyzed cost much more money.

[@anthonyg1417]

There’s good honest people out there sleeping in cars and homeless and this guy fakes it all

[@mikeansley254]

He should be ashamed..so dishonored... there's so many veterans that deserve this home..

[@philly442]

"Justin Perez-Gorda, 33, died Jan. 29 at a medical center for federal prisoners in Missouri"

[@danniieem2840]

Kick both of them out the house and put someone in the house who is actually paralysed

[@anglermatt]

Hes still a vet. He still was wounded. He still fought for you. He is a liar. But then again. We all are

[@danniieem2840]

anglermatt he is a liar plain and simple .Him and his wife

[@anglermatt]

@@danniieem2840 so you have never told a lie???? He shouldn't have the house, but don't wish death or harm to a war vet. He is a liar. I'm with you man, but never ever wish bad things to happen . That makes you the piece of shit

[@jmillz9354]

No one said anything about death or harm

[@anglermatt]

@@jmillz9354 have you gone through these comments. Obviously not

[@billyshafer3182]

He is the reason. Those of us with real problems can't. Get the help we need.

[@AndreaMartinez-qu1be]

BINGO!

[@oniwafin1]

I'm sorry

[@billyshafer3182]

@@oniwafin1 I have had A heart attack. Four mild strokes. Just out of the hospital/rehab after two months. But the VA says I am not sick.

[@missssme8321]

He Sure Is

[@marcivaldez2517]

You know his wife is the type to demand a discount at restaurants and shops, because her husband is a veteran.

[@gritsNgravy-fn5ic]

As a Vet with a Rating of 100%, all I wanted was veterinarian help for my two dogs. Anyone know of a program that is not too expensive for your dogs ?

[@corriehordyk3342]

Shameful. It makes it so much harder for those who are for real!!