Anyone heard of a case of stolen identity for a pension? Soldier Name: Flowers

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Anyone heard of a case of stolen identity for a pension? Soldier Name: Flowers
Posted by: RosyProspect (ID *****3366)	Date: July 17, 2009 at 16:51:40
In Reply to: Re: Stolen pension by Jeanne Flowers	of 16914

I have heard of this before, I know of a case that took place during the civil war.

Two soldiers with the same name, different middle initial.

One soldier deserted.
One soldier completed his service.

The widow of the man who deserted went and changed marriage
documents and so on at the COURTHOUSE and
she made herself out to be the wife of the man who completed his service.

I found out about it reading old newspapers.
There was a trial and arrests...

I wonder how common this was?

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