Lisa Jane Phillips

Lisa Jane Phillips (b. 1981 - ) is the only woman to have been charged and convicted of impersonating a service member under the Stolen Valor Act of 2005. As a military impostor, she attended Meredith College for three years, where she was exposed by an official. She had received waivers of $42,000 in tuition.
History
In August 2002, Phillips started attending classes at Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina wearing a US Air Force captain's military uniform. More than 30 years old, she claimed to be a pilot and to have served in Iraq and Afghanistan; she left school for purported two-week missions in those areas. She won the admiration of other women students, and the college invited her to give talks about her military experience. Meredith College also waived $42,178 in tuition fees.

In 2005, campus Police Chief and Vietnam War veteran Frank Strickland
In 2006, Phillips was charged with impersonating a military officer. She repaid the tuition costs, and received a sentence of a year and one day. Since the passage of the "Stolen Valor Act" (2005), Phillips is the only woman to be charged and convicted of impersonating a service member. There have been more incidents of people impersonating service members since the beginning of the Iraq War.

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