Just another fraud and liar fully and quickly embraced by the patriotic christian conservative extreme right. Her hoax was exposed last year, now we learn the rest of how she fits in so well in todays MAGA movement.
The Military Times reports:
The Military Times reports:
A veteran who spread a false story blaming White House immigration policies for harming homeless veterans was charged with stolen valor and fraud this week after months of investigation into her charity work by the FBI. Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, founder of the Yerik Israel Toney Foundation in New York and an Army veteran, was charged by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York with multiple counts of fraud. She could face more than 30 years in prison if convicted of all the charges.
Toney-Finch came under national scrutiny in May 2023 after her organization claimed that 20 homeless veterans under its care had been kicked out of a Newburgh, New York, hotel to make room for incoming migrants being housed through county funding. New York state lawmakers introduced legislation to stop the evictions. But as the story gained national attention, hotel officials said they had no record of the veterans in question, and Veterans Affairs officials said they had no record of any direct work with the charity.