A Maryland man who posed as a special forces officer and human trafficking expert was sentenced to 21 months in prison for lying to gain key teaching jobs.
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William G. Hillar, of Millersville, was ordered to pay more than $170,000 in restitution to the organizations he duped, including the FBI.
Hillar, 66, claimed to have been a colonel in the U.S. Army Special Forces with a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. He boasted in his appearances that he was the inspiration for the 2008 action movie “Taken,” in which a former CIA operative’s daughter is kidnapped and enslaved.
Despite his claims, Hillar never served in the U.S. Army, never attained the rank of colonel, and never served in Asia, the Middle East or Central America to gain experience in counter-terrorism, explosives, emergency medicine or psychological warfare.
Hillar did serve in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve.
