CLEVELAND, Ohio – A man convicted of running a large-scale fraud involving a veterans’ charity is going to prison for more than a quarter-century.
Bobby Thompson was sentenced by a Cuyahoga County judge yesterday to 28 years in prison and ordered to pay $6 million in fines.
Thompson (left), whom authorities believe is an alias for Harvard-trained lawyer John Donald Cody, was convicted last month of racketeering, theft, money laundering and identity theft for looting the United States Navy Veterans Association, a charity he ran in Tampa, Fla.
He was arrested in Portland, Ore.
The prosecution had asked for a 41-year sentence and $6.3 million fine.
The defense has asked for a new trial, and his attorney has questioned the defendant’s mental state.