Veteran’s weapon cert scam

An Iraq War veteran raked in £60,000 selling bogus weapons training certificates after work dried up when he blew the whistle on security firm G4S for recruiting a psychotic killer, a court heard. Richard Stanley, 38, drew up the ‘shopping list’ of fake qualifications to help former soldiers and Royal Marines get jobs protecting ships from pirates off the coast of Africa. He had previously worked with G4S Armor Group but became disillusioned when the company hired former paratrooper Daniel…