Fake Navy Vet Gets 28 Years For $100M Charity Scam

A former member of the U.S. Army's military intelligence unit was given a 28 year prison sentence on Monday for operating a bogus military charity scamming donors up to $100 million, reports ABC News. John Donald Cody, who identified himself as 67 year old U.S. Navy Commander Bobby Thompson, ran the United States Navy Veterans Association headquarter in Tampa, Florida. Thompson disappeared for two years after Tampa Bay Times reporter Jeff Testerman unmasked the so-called Navy vet.  ...