⁍ Garrison Courtney, 44, of Florida, falsely claimed to be a CIA spy working with a secret ‘task force’ involving multiple US defense and spy agencies.
⁍ In reality, he had never worked for the CIA and the task force he described did not exist.
⁍ Prosecutors said Courtney falsely claimed he had served in the U.S. Army during the Gulf War, had hundreds of confirmed kills in combat and that a hostile foreign intelligence service attempted to poison him with ricin.
– A former DEA spokesman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for falsely claiming to be a CIA operative, Reuters reports. Garrison Courtney, 44, defrauded at least a dozen companies out of $4.4 million by telling them he worked for a secret “task force” involving defense and spy agencies. In reality, he never worked for the CIA and the task force he described did not exist. “While there are many explanations for what Mr. Courtney did, he has offered no excuses,” his lawyer says. “He has a long history of service to his country and I expect that, upon his release from prison, he will once again be a law-abiding and contributing member of society.”
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-investigations-impostor/former-dea-spokesman-sent-to-prison-for-seven-years-for-posing-as-cia-spy-idUSKBN27D2U8