Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›The FBI arrested 32 persons, including a captain in the Illinois National Guard on charges of selling and buying phony draft exemption for up to $1,000, 12/18. Among those arrested was (L-R), shown in FBI photos, Sgt. Willie Britton Jr., 37; Sgt. Ben L. Cleveland, 51; and Capt. Willus E. Vivian, 49. The FBI said the scheme, is effect since 1966, involved the issuance of fake documents to various Selective Service registrants, indicating that the men were members of the National Guard, when in fact they were not. The U.S. attorney's office said conviction on the charges carried a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine up to $10,000 on each charge.
The FBI arrested 32 persons, including a captain in the Illinois National Guard on charges of selling and buying phony draft exemption for up to $1,000, 12/18. Among those arrested was (L-R), shown in FBI photos, Sgt. Willie Britton Jr., 37; Sgt. Ben L. Cleveland, 51; and Capt. Willus E. Vivian, 49. The FBI said the scheme, is effect since 1966, involved the issuance of fake documents to various Selective Service registrants, indicating that the men were members of the National Guard, when in fact they were not. The U.S. attorney's office said conviction on the charges carried a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine up to $10,000 on each charge.
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The FBI arrested 32 persons, including a captain in the Illinois National Guard on charges of selling and buying phony draft exemption for up to $1,000, 12/18. Among those arrested was (L-R), shown in FBI photos, Sgt. Willie Britton Jr., 37; Sgt. Ben L. Cleveland, 51; and Capt. Willus E. Vivian, 49. The FBI said the scheme, is effect since 1966, involved the issuance of fake documents to various Selective Service registrants, indicating that the men were members of the National Guard, when in fact they were not. The U.S. attorney's office said conviction on the charges carried a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine up to $10,000 on each charge.

United Press International · [ca. December 1968]

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