Joe Gerace's lies went way beyond Anchorage. Multiple government agencies investigate how they were duped. - Alaska Public Media

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New reporting in collaboration with AmPubMedia found Joe Gerace lied his way into more than a high-paying job running the Anchorage Health Department. He also deceived a state commission, the Alaska State Defense Force & the state health department. (1/)

Joe Gerace’s lies went way beyond Anchorage. Multiple government agencies investigate how they were duped.Joe Gerace, as acting Anchorage health director, takes journalists on a tour of the Sullivan Arena shelter on Nov. 1, 2021.

“I took some liberties, yes,” Gerace said in an early September interview. “I’m not proud of that. I’m actually highly embarrassed by it,” he said, adding, “nothing justifies what I did.” Gerace also fooled the Alaska Council on Emergency Medical Services, a board appointed by the governor to provide advice on EMT training and related issues. It named Gerace to a state task force. Among his duties was writing test questions about neurological disorders for aspiring EMTs.

The state health department has suspended Gerace’s EMT license amid an investigation and declined to comment further. His application contained now familiar lies about master’s degrees. It also

 

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AmPubMedia One of my most wonderful and excellent leaders Colornel Gerace he never lied to me

AmPubMedia Colornel Joe Gerace is my Hero he was my leader in the Alaska State Defense Force I was only a PFC at the time and he made me to feel important and he never lied to me.

AmPubMedia Colornel Gerace never lied to me after all he is a wonderful person

AmPubMedia Real day Soapy Smith. Conned his way all the way

AmPubMedia leave Girl Scout cookies out of this!!

AmPubMedia At least 4 government agencies have launched their own investigations into how they got duped. Gerace now admits that he has a long history of embellishing his resume and has lived in fear he would one day be exposed. “It's a ticking time bomb,” he said in an interview. (2/)

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