US Army sergeant used dead GI’s identity in bank loan scam, feds allege

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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Robert Jones, an assistant inspector general at Fort Campbell, Ky., is accused of stealing the identities of Army officers, some of whom were in Afghanistan and one of whom was killed there, to get fraudulent bank loans.

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The U.S. Army base inspector who investigated misconduct stole the identities of other officers — including a soldier killed in combat — in a scheme to obtain phony bank loans, his indictment says.

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Fort Campbell, Ky., is where U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James Robert Jones allegedly stole the identities of soldiers in order to apply for loans, authorities contend.

Jones, whose rank is sergeant first class, was charged Wednesday with using his position as an assistant inspector general at Fort Campbell, Ky., to acquire the personal information of active-duty Army officers, including some soldiers deployed in Afghanistan.

The 42-year-old from Tennessee applied for loans under the officers’ names, the federal indictment said.

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