Sgt. David Battle and his wife, Lakeisa, were to move into a home outside Baltimore on Thursday that was built by hundreds of volunteers.
But officials with Homes for Our Troops said the Battles withheld information about two homes they own in Georgia until the organization confronted them with the evidence.
"We're shocked," said John Gonsalves, the founder of the Taunton, Mass.-based organization, which has helped build 40 houses for injured veterans in 30 states. "It's disappointing anyone would take advantage of a community's big heart this way."
Battle's wife said they didn't know they needed to disclose ownership of the two Georgia homes they bought after arrangements for the Maryland home were complete.
The couple bought homes in Fayetteville, Ga., after receiving a $100,000 compensatory payment from the Army.
The Patriot Guard Riders, a Georgia-based nonprofit, contributed the labor to make one of the Georgia homes wheelchair-accessible.
Gonsalves said a Google alert brought that project to his attention, and when asked about it, Lakeisa Battle told him the home was owned by a cousin and that the upgrades were done to let David Battle visit.
The answer satisfied him - until a Georgia television reporter called to tell him the Battles were to be feted at a ceremony in Fayetteville.
While covering that event, the reporter learned of the Pasadena project, called Gonsalves and faxed him a copy of the deed to one of the homes.
