St. Louis, MO - Stephen R. Fuller, 46, of St Louis, pleaded guilty to making false statements to the U.S. Navy review board and charged with evaluating his claims for disability and retirement benefits. Fuller admitted to making false statements today by fabricating deployments and exaggerating the length and circumstances of his prior deployments between 2016 and 2017 while stationed in St. Louis as a reservist. He appeared before Judge John A. Ross who accepted his plea and set his sentencing hearing for Feb. 28, 2019.
The case was investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) - Economic Crimes Unit. Tom Albus is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
