Former US Army Financial Counselor Charged With Defrauding Gold Star Families

Former US Army Financial Counselor Charged With Defrauding Gold Star Families
The U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington on March 21, 2019. Leah Millis/Reuters
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A former U.S. Army Reserves officer who worked as a financial counselor with the Army was criminally charged on July 7 for defrauding Gold Star families by losing $3.4 million of their investments while he collected $1.4 million in commissions.

The U.S. Department of Justice charged Caz Craffy, 41, of Colts Neck, New Jersey, through a 10-count indictment with wire fraud, securities fraud, and making false statements targeting members of at least two dozen Gold Star families.