FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn. – FOX13 obtained indictment papers indicating that a Fayette County woman who pleaded guilty to pretending to be a military combat veteran spent some 10 years telling the lie for her own personal gains.
Amanda Bass recently pleaded guilty to wire fraud and stolen valor, according to the U.S. Attorney Office in the Western District of Tennessee.
FOX13 spoke to Janne Zaccognino, who says she’s the whistleblower who tipped off the federal government. She said she’s a Gold Star Mom who lost her son, a Marine, in Afghanistan in 2010. She said she met Bass through church…