Scammers will do anything to make a quick buck on Facebook — even taking over the account of a deceased Army veteran. However, the veteran’s brother, a man named Scott Vreeland, is not taking the news sitting down. Instead, he’s suing Facebook for not deactivating his brother’s account after it was taken over in a crypto scam.

For months, Vreeland says he has reached out to Facebook repeatedly and told them his brother’s account had been compromised. However, he says the company has not even given him a response, even after he mailed copies of his brother’s death certificate to Facebook HQ. To make matters worse, the hackers have also removed all his brother’s photos and posts from their family. Ultimately, Vreeland says he just wants his brother’s legacy to remain untarnished.

“I just hope that through the story or through the lawsuit or whatever, that this will get straightened out because as I said, my brother was a hardworking man,” Vreeland said. “He was honest, he was a veteran, and he really deserves to rest with, you know, with a clean name and rest in peace and not have someone think that he’s a scammer and trying to steal money from them.”

Facebook often springs into action when stories like this reach the press, so hopefully that will happen here. If nothing else, Vreeland’s lawsuit could reveal some interesting information in court about how Facebook really works.

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