This Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, photo shows Bobby Thompson, who authorities have identified as Harvard-trained attorney John Donald Cody, sitting in the courtroom waiting for the verdict in Cleveland. Thompson, convicted in Cleveland of masterminding a $100 million, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud, faces sentencing today.By THOMAS J. SHEERAN
Associated Press
CLEVELAND – A judge handed down a 28-year prison sentence today to a man convicted of masterminding a $100 million, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud.
Judge Steven Gall imposed the sentence on the defendant who identifies himself as 67-year-old Bobby Thompson. Authorities say is Harvard-trained attorney John Donald Cody.
The Ohio attorney general’s office, which handled his trial, asked the judge in a filing last week to sentence him to 41 years in prison. In addition, the prosecution recommended a $6.3 million fine. Judge Steven Gall fined him $6 million.