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| Subject: Good stuff: Ex-lawyer and intelligence officer busted for fraud Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:27 am | |
| The man known as Bobby Thompson goes on trial in state court in Cleveland today. He faces up to 40 years in prison on charges of fraud, theft and money laundering for his role as head of U.S. Navy Veterans Association, a charity in Tampa that raised over $100 million in donations but turned out to be a total charade. Its state chapters were mail drops, its directors nonexistent. It gave little aid to veterans. During the trial, which is expected to last at least six weeks, prosecutors say they'll show that Thompson siphoned money from the charity's accounts for personal use and used dozens of stolen identities to cover his tracks.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/mystery-man-bobby-thompson-blames-cia-for-bogus-charity/2144548 |
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