enhanced_deficit
11-13-2013, 12:46 AM
Defendant in Cleveland fraud trial set to testify
November 12, 2013 15:45 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The mysterious defendant charged in a $100 million, cross-country veterans charity fraud made a belated, eye-catching appearance in court at his trial in Cleveland. His attorney says a 90-minute delay was related to getting dressed. He didn't elaborate, but the defendant entered court Tuesday with his shirt unbuttoned to the waist and his hair disheveled. The judge asked him to button up. The defendant identifies himself as 67-year-old Bobby Thompson, but authorities say he's Harvard-trained attorney John Donald Cody. He's charged with looting the United States Navy Veterans Association charity that he ran in Tampa, Fla. His attorney has suggested he was on a super-secret mission, possibly with the CIA, and expects him to testify. The defendant was indicted in 2010 and was a fugitive for almost two years.
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November 12, 2013 15:45 GMT
CLEVELAND (AP) -- The mysterious defendant charged in a $100 million, cross-country veterans charity fraud made a belated, eye-catching appearance in court at his trial in Cleveland. His attorney says a 90-minute delay was related to getting dressed. He didn't elaborate, but the defendant entered court Tuesday with his shirt unbuttoned to the waist and his hair disheveled. The judge asked him to button up. The defendant identifies himself as 67-year-old Bobby Thompson, but authorities say he's Harvard-trained attorney John Donald Cody. He's charged with looting the United States Navy Veterans Association charity that he ran in Tampa, Fla. His attorney has suggested he was on a super-secret mission, possibly with the CIA, and expects him to testify. The defendant was indicted in 2010 and was a fugitive for almost two years.
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