Lance Corporal Michael Mantey, a British- Ghanaian ex-soldier who was captured on camera by investigators walking without assistance equipment, has been ordered by a British court to repay £70,000
After suffering a foot injury while serving in Estonia, former soldiers sued the UK Ministry of Defence for a whopping £ 1.6 million. The Daily Mail reports that Mantey, who joined the British Army in 2009, claimed they have lost some mobility as a result of the injury and needed to dress in multiple layers to visit his doctor.
Later, after being discreetly filmed by the Ministry of Defence investigators while wearing open-toed shoes and walking without a stick he abandoned the lawsuit.
Investigators found that the soldier had actually healed from trench foot but had lied about the incident in order to receive compensation from the government.
He is currently being sued by his former employees for fraudulent statements and the cost of his legal defense has reached £70,000
