Crime & Justice

How Sleuths Blew the Lid on Accused Purple Heart Fraudster

‘BROKE MY HEART’

VA social worker Sarah Jane Cavanaugh delivered an Oscar-worthy performance as a wounded Marine dying of lung cancer—until two actual veterans grew suspicious.

Justin Rohrlich
Justin Rohrlich 

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U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Justin Rohrlich

Justin Rohrlich

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