A Colorado veterans organization has disbanded after discovering that its founder, who had said he had served in Iraq and been present at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, was a fraud, says The New York Times.

Federal authorities are investigating whether Richard Glen Strandlof, a 32-year-old drifter wanted an on outstanding warrant, improperly solicited contributions for the Colorado Veterans Alliance, which he had founded under the name Rick Duncan.

A member of the group’s board said he became suspicious while compiling paperwork to seek tax-exempt status for the group. The alliance alerted the FBI, which detained Mr. Strandlof at a Denver meeting of the organization on Tuesday.

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