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A question of honor: Marines and Mickey target of federal investigation

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Kit Sanders, president of the Teufflshunde Motorcycle Club for US Marines in Anderson, S.C., recalls stories that John Simpson shared about his military experience while visiting the club which Kit believes Simpson was lying about. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/30/16. John C. Simpson, father of John Shannon Simpson, speaks about his son while in the doorway of John C. Simpson's Anderson, S.C., residence. John S. Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Cathy Wells, mother of Skip Wells, talks with Jason Weeks at Thunder Creek Harley Davidson after a motorcycle ride from Atlanta to Chattanooga to honor the memory of her son on Saturday, July 9, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/30/16. John C. Simpson, father of John Shannon Simpson, speaks about his son while in the doorway of John C.'s Anderson, S.C., residence. former brother in law of Jeff Simpson, and Simpson's 18-year-old nephew Blake Stutler, speak about Simpson's youth. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Blake Stutler, 18, nephew of John Shannon Simpson, left, and Blake's father Jeff Stutler former brother in law of Jeff Simpson, speak about Simpson's youth while outside of the Belton, S.C., home that Simpson grew up in. John Shannon Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Blake Stutler, 18, nephew of Jeff Simpson, left, and Blake's father Jeff Stutler former brother in law of Jeff Simpson, speak about Simpson's youth while outside of the Belton, S.C., home that Simpson grew up in. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. The mill hill home in Belton, S.C., where John S. Simpson grew up in. John S. Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Jeff Stutler former brother in law of John Simpson speaks about Simpson's youth while outside of the Belton, S.C., home that Simpson grew up in. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Jeff Stutler former brother in law of John Simpson, and Simpson's 18-year-old nephew Blake Stutler, speak about Simpson's youth while outside of the Belton, S.C., home that Simpson grew up in. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Kit Sanders, president of the Teufflshunde Motorcycle Club for US Marines in Anderson, S.C., recalls stories that John Simpson shared about his military experience while visiting the club which Kit believes Simpson was lying about. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Kit Sanders, president of the Teufflshunde Motorcycle Club for US Marines in Anderson, S.C., recalls stories that John Simpson shared about his military experience while visiting the club which Kit believes Simpson was lying about. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Kit Sanders, president of the Teufflshunde Motorcycle Club for US Marines in Anderson, S.C., recalls stories that John Simpson shared about his military experience while visiting the club which Kit believes Simpson was lying about. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Kit Sanders, president of the Teufflshunde Motorcycle Club for US Marines in Anderson, S.C., recalls stories that John Simpson shared about his military experience while visiting the club which Kit believes Simpson was lying about. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Kit Sanders, president of the Teufflshunde Motorcycle Club for US Marines in Anderson, S.C., recalls stories that John Simpson shared about his military experience while visiting the club which Kit believes Simpson was lying about. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Kit Sanders, president of the Teufflshunde Motorcycle Club for US Marines in Anderson, S.C., recalls stories that John Simpson shared about his military experience while visiting the club which Kit believes Simpson was lying about. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 6/29/16. Kit Sanders, president of the Teufflshunde Motorcycle Club for US Marines in Anderson, S.C., recalls stories that John Simpson shared about his military experience while visiting the club which Kit believes Simpson was lying about. John Simpson the founder of Marines & Mickey is under federal investigation for stolen valor and is accused of misappropriating funds by the leaders of the Lance Corporal Skip Wells Foundation.

Cathy Wells, mother of Skip Wells, right, hugs Chattanooga Police Officer Christina Henderson at Thunder Creek Harley Davidson after a motorcycle ride from Atlanta to Chattanooga to honor the memory of Skip on Saturday, July 9, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

John Simpson sits at lunch with Jason Weeks, right, and another man at a restaurant outside of Atlanta in February. Weeks said he told Simpson to return funds to Cathy Wells, the mother of Lance Cpl. Squire "Skip" Wells, who died in Chattanooga during a mass shooting on July 16, 2015.

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