First these Army families lost their loved ones. Then the man assigned to help them took their money.
Caz Craffy got Gold Star families, survivors of military service members, to hand him their money, then banked huge commissions while making bad investments.
As she mourned the sudden death of her son, a 26-year-old Army sergeant felled by a heart condition, Sharon Hartz learned some surprising news:
She would receive a death benefit and life insurance totaling half a million dollars.
But she said the Army’s casualty assistance officer, who had helped her with the funeral arrangements, told her she first had to meet with an Army financial counselor.
“[He] insisted that we be educated on the finances so they were properly handled,” she said.
Sgt. Thomas F. Anastasio died because of a heart condition while on active duty. His death benefits went to his mother, Sharon Hartz.Courtesy Sharon HartzHartz and the officer drove to Fort Dix, where she first sat down with Caz Craffy, an Army reservist whose 9-to-5 civilian job was offering advice about money to Army families.
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