William G. Hillar Special Forces FRAUD

[Team Sergeant]

Replacing "COL" Bill Hillar (fraud) at the Monterey Institute of International Studies is........

Brigadier General (ret.) Russ Howard ! (Real Green Beret wearing Freedom Fighter and Real Brigadier General (ret))
He's the real deal folks, go and take his Counterterrorism Class!
Team Sergeant


The instructor for WKSH 8542 - Counter Terrorism, which will be offered August 22-September 23 will be Brigadier General (ret.) Russ Howard. Prior to his retirement from the military, General Howard’s postings included serving as Company Commander, 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group in Okinawa, Japan, and commanding the 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group from 1990 until 1992. General Howard holds two bachelor’s degrees, an MA in International Management from MIIS, and a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University. General Howard’s academic positions include serving as the director of the Jebsen Center for Counterterrorism Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and being the founding director of the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

[alelks]

EXCELLENT!

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by RB

Picking up garbage on the side of the road would serve our community better.

This guy should never set foot within 1000' of any true military veterans cemeteries.

Congrats again TS.


NEXT.

4¢

Instead of working in veterans cemeteries he should be emptying bedpans in a VA hospital..........

Congrats TS........

Big Teddy

[Tress]

I guess that the sentencing hearing is over already.

A Millersville teacher was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 21 months in prison for faking military credentials and pretending to be a retired colonel from the Army Special Forces to line up lucrative speaking engagements.

Prosecutors with the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office said William G. Hillar claimed that he traveled the world fighting terrorism and advised foreign military organizations. He also told a story about how his only daughter was kidnapped, forced into the sex trade and killed, which he said became the basis for the 2008 film "Taken" starring Liam Neeson.

All of it, including claims to college degrees, was a lie, according to prosecutors.

"For more than a decade, members of the Special Forces have died in record numbers in the war in Afghanistan and Iraq," federal prosecutors said in their sentencing memorandum. "In that same time, William G. Hillar profited from the lie that he had served honorably."

Other than a stint in the U.S. Coast Guard as an enlisted sailor, never rising above rank of radar man, petty officer third class, prosecutors said Hillar never served in the military, never achieved the rank of colonel and he "fabricated a gruesome tale" about his daughter.

"The defendant's criminal conduct in this case victimized the military, law enforcement and first responder organizations as they struggled to respond to the new and changing threats terrorism poses," prosecutors said in the memorandum.

peter.hermann@baltsun.com

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...0,253010.story

He got off extremely light.

Tress

[Bill Harsey]

Team Sergeant just called and he has completed his testimony on behalf of the US Attorneys office in the case of Bill Hillar.

Reason of call was to announce and confirm that Bill Hillar has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Team Sergeant just called and he has completed his testimony on behalf of the US Attorneys office in the case of Bill Hillar.

Reason of call was to announce and confirm that Bill Hillar has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.

What goes around comes around. Thanks for the heads up, Sir.

[CSM-H]

Any chance that "we" could get a posting of his "duties" in Maryland for those SF guys who may want to go supervise....As a Retired CSM, I am fully qualified to supervise and I for one would love to see his work ethic while caring for a deceased veterans..... Just a thought, CSM-H

[Jgood]

Kinda surprised he got that much time must because of the egg on some feds faces for not doing a very good background check

Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Team Sergeant just called and he has completed his testimony on behalf of the US Attorneys office in the case of Bill Hillar.

Reason of call was to announce and confirm that Bill Hillar has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.

[Richard]

And so it goes...

Richard

How A Special Ops Impersonator Duped The FBI For A Decade
CSM, 30 Aug 2011

A Maryland man was sentenced on Tuesday to 21 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $171,000 in restitution after admitting that he had fraudulently posed for 12 years as a US Army special forces veteran and terrorism expert.

William Hillar used false claims about his background and academic credentials to win teaching and training contracts from 1998 to 2010.

Among the organizations he duped: the Federal Bureau of Investigation Command College, which paid him $17,369 from 2000 to 2010, according to court documents.

Mr. Hillar claimed to be a retired US Army colonel who served in the special forces from 1962 to 1990. His website said he’d been stationed in Asia, the Middle East, and Central and South America.

The website listed his specialized skills as “tactical counter-terrorism, explosive ordnance, emergency medicine, and psychological warfare.” Hillar also advertised that he had earned a PhD from the University of Oregon.

None of it was true.

“William G. Hillar claimed that he had earned praise as a hero, but the truth is that he deserves condemnation as a liar,” said US Attorney Rod Rosenstein in a statement after the sentencing in federal court in Baltimore. “He did not serve in the US Army, did not receive military training in counter-terrorism and psychological warfare, and did not lose his daughter to sex traffickers.”

One of Hillar’s most outrageous claims was that his own daughter had been kidnapped, forced into sexual slavery, sodomized, and tortured before being hacked to death with machetes and thrown into the sea. Hillar, of Millersville, Md., claimed that his daughter’s brutal murder was the basis of the 2008 movie “Taken.”

In his plea agreement, Hillar admitted that his claims were false, including about his daughter, who officials say is alive and well.

Hillar, 66, served from 1962 to 1970 in the US Coast Guard. He left the service as a radarman, petty officer 3rd class.

Hillar’s scam was uncovered by members of the special forces community. An FBI investigation resulted in Hillar’s arrest in January.

Court documents identify the institutions he defrauded and list the amounts he allegedly was paid for lectures or workshops.

They include: University of Oregon, $33,025; Monterey Institute of International Studies, $32,500; Federal Executive Board of Los Angeles, $27,140; Montana Sheriff and Peace Officers Association, $9,500; Utah Valley State College, $8,430; California Firefighters Association, $6,208; State Training and Audi Resource Seminar (STARS) 2007 conference, $4,000; US Army, $3,625; Drug Enforcement Administration, $2,400; FBI Salt Lake City Division, $1,010; and the FBI Chicago Division, $1,000.

In addition to requiring repayment of the fraudulently obtained fees, US District Judge William Quarles ordered Hillar to conduct 500 hours of community service with the Maryland State Veterans Cemetaries.

Hillar’s activities were also scrutinized by members of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, in addition to the FBI.

“The service members that comprise the Department of Defense’s elite special warfare units have undergone years of specialized training and sacrifice to be called special forces,” said Robert Craig, chief of the DCIS’s mid-Atlantic field office. “To misuse their titles for personal gain is unconscionable and discredits those that served, and continue to serve, the United States of America.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice...id=tweet_count

[Roguish Lawyer]

It really is a bad idea to piss off the Team Sergeant. Or anyone else in the SF community.

[B36reconman]

Well done TS..

[glebo]

Finally in the news..

A Maryland man who claimed for years to be a Green Beret was sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison Tuesday for lying about his military service to obtain numerous contracts with public and private agencies.

William G. Hillar, 66, of Millersville, Md., was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to court documents. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud as part of a plea agreement.

IMO they need to do away with this plea BS...for everything


http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/...19254?sac=Home

[Sacamuelas]

I read about it on my iphone yesterday when checking the mobile Foxnews website. The story was one of the five articles per section that the website listed as top news in the USA!!!

Great Job Jeff!!!!!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/30...ths-in-prison/

[Team Sergeant]

I'm glad this Special Forces fraud is receiving the media exposure he deserves. There is no law currently on the books for pretending to be a Green Beret or Navy SEAL. The more attention this issue receives the more it sends the message:

"Special Forces / Green Beret Frauds beware, we are watching."

I was asked a few times why "we" (Professionalsoldiers.com) does this, it's simple, because we can and will as most civilians are a bit intimidated to ask for the credentials of a "Green Beret". These frauds don't get caught until they come in contact with a "real" Special Forces soldier.

And for the record, I looked over at William G. Hillar a couple of times during the sentencing hearing, while I was giving testimony and when Hillar left. When it was over Hillar and his attorney were the first out the door and as Hillar walked right past me he stared at the ground. He never made eye contact, once.

Also, people are thanking me and the Special Forces soldiers of Professionalsoldiers.com, remember, we just exposed Hillar as a fraud.

The people to thank in this case are the FBI & DCIS agents and Assistant United States Attorney Leo Wise, who prosecuted the case. I will speak on behalf of all Special Forces when I say "thank you" to the men and women of the DOJ and FBI who brought William G Hillar to Justice.

De Oppresso Liber,
Jeff Hinton
Master Sergeant
Special Forces (ret)

[Team Sergeant]

Millersville Man Sentenced for Posing as a Retired Army Special Forces Colonel

Lied for 12 Years About Special Forces and Terrorism Experience to Gain Teaching Employment; Also Fabricated a Story of His Daughter’s Kidnapping and Murder by Sex Traffickers

U.S. Attorney’s Office
August 30, 2011 District of Maryland
(410) 209-4800

Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced William G. Hillar, age 66, of Millersville, Maryland, today to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud in connection with a scheme to lie about his military experience and academic credentials in order to gain employment for teaching and training. Judge Quarles also ordered Hillar to pay restitution of $171,415 and perform 500 community hours at the Maryland State Veterans Cemeteries.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Special Agent in Charge Robert Craig of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service - Mid-Atlantic Field Office.

“William G. Hillar claimed that he had earned praise as a hero, but the truth is that he deserves condemnation as a liar,” said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. “He did not serve in the U.S. Army, did not receive military training in counter-terrorism and psychological warfare, and did not lose his daughter to sex traffickers.”

“Mr. Hillar’s fraudulent representations came to the FBI’s attention from concerned citizens, including former members of the Special Forces community. This investigation is an example of the difficulty the public faces trying to verify the accuracy of information on the Internet,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely.

“The Defense Criminal Investigative Service is committed to supporting America’s warfighters and protecting the interest of the American taxpayers,” said Robert Craig, Special Agent in Charge for the DCIS Mid-Atlantic Field Office. “The service members that comprise the Department of Defense’s elite special warfare units have undergone years of specialized training and sacrifice to be called Special Forces. To misuse their titles for personal gain is unconscionable and discredits those that served and continue to serve the United States of America.”

According to Hillar’s plea agreement, from around 1998 to 2010, private and public sector organizations paid Hillar at least $171,415 for teaching, leading workshops, giving speeches and conducting training on counter terrorism, drugs trafficking, human trafficking and related topics. Hillar conducted these activities through a business named “Bill Hillar Training.” According to the government’s sentencing memorandum, most of Hillar’s victims were military, law enforcement or first responder organizations.

In order to secure employment with these organizations, Hillar falsely represented in resumes, biographical statements and on the Internet that: “William G. Hillar is a retired Colonel of the U.S. Army Special Forces. He has served in Asia, the Middle East, and Central and South America, where his diverse training and experiences included tactical counter-terrorism, explosive ordnance, emergency medicine and psychological warfare.” Hillar also represented that he received a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.

Hillar never served in the U.S. Army or the Special Forces and never attained the rank of Colonel. Hillar never served in Asia, the Middle East and Central and South America, and did not acquire in those locales training and experiences in counter-terrorism, explosive ordnance, emergency medicine and psychological warfare. Hillar did serve in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve as an enlisted sailor from 1962 to 1970, achieving the rate of Radarman, Petty Officer Third Class. According to the government’s sentencing memorandum, the organizations that Hillar purported to train exercise critical public safety and national security functions, and require ongoing training and education in order to respond to new and changing threats. Hillar, who was not qualified, displaced qualified teachers and trainers, thereby putting members of our military, law enforcement and first responders at risk.

Moreover, the government’s sentencing memorandum states that Hillar fabricated a gruesome tale that his own daughter had been kidnaped, forced into sex slavery, sodomized and tortured before being hacked to death with machetes and thrown into the sea. He further claimed that this experience and his life story was the basis for the 2008 film “Taken”. The significant press attention that film generated, in turn, generated free press for Hillar. Hillar admits that he fabricated the story about his daughter, who was alive and well.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the FBI and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service for their work in the investigation, and thanked Assistant United States Attorney Leo Wise, who prosecuted the case.


http://www.fbi.gov/baltimore/press-r...forces-colonel