Fraud man claimed to be Medal of Honor vet for money

Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta is the first living soldier to get the Medal of Honor since Vietnam! This has been all over the news. People schuder ran into would know that if they paid attention. Do they care about veterans? Yes, enough to help this fraud, give him a ride, meal and money. Do they don't care enough to know what is going on? It's not really their fault since the TV-Cable media are too focused on other things and they would have to hunt for the information.

Schuder falsely told Rhinehart he was a Marine and a Medal of Honor winner, the affidavit said. He later acknowledged that police had stopped him earlier this year in Indianapolis and in Lebanon, about 20 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

Man accused of posing as Army vet to get money

By Ken Kusmer - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Sep 10, 2010 18:06:50 EDT

INDIANAPOLIS — A man masquerading as a down-on-his-luck soldier needing travel funds scammed good Samaritans out of nearly $500 before police caught up with him, a prosecutor said Friday.

James Schuder, 43, of Indianapolis, faces seven misdemeanor counts each of deception and panhandling. He was being held on $14,000 bond Friday at the Johnson County Jail in Franklin, about 20 miles south of Indianapolis. Seven counts carry maximum penalties of a year in jail and $5,000 fines. The others have penalties of 60 days and $500 fines.

“Somebody impersonating someone in uniform ... taking advantage of people like that, is just despicable,” said 61-year-old Ken Bush of Greenwood, one of Schuder’s alleged victims.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Department said Schuder, with his hair cropped short and wearing Army combat fatigues, approached people to ask for money to buy plane tickets or cover other travel expenses, or to get free car rides to nearby towns.

There’s no record of Schuder ever serving in the military, authorities said.

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Man accused of posing as Army vet to get money