Minnesotan found guilty of posing as wounded POW and reaping $146K in benefits

Jurors on Friday convicted a Minnesota man of collecting $146,000 in federal benefits by falsely claiming to be a decorated Marine Corps veteran who was wounded in action, captured and tortured in Iraq.

Mikhail Robin Wicker, 39, of Dilworth was found guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Paul of wire fraud, mail fraud, using a false military discharge certificate and fraudulent use of military medals in a scheme he ran from 2015 through 2020…

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