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Ohio trial to begin over $100 million U.S. Navy charity fraud
Source: Reuters
Ohio trial to begin over $100 million U.S. Navy charity fraud
By Kim Palmer
CLEVELAND, Ohio | Sun Oct 6, 2013 10:07pm EDT
(Reuters) - Opening statements are scheduled to begin in Ohio on Monday in the trial of a man accused of running a scam charitable organization for U.S. Navy veterans that defrauded donors from 40 states of nearly $100 million.
State attorneys have charged the man, who was indicted under the name Bobby Thompson but is accused of using other aliases, with identity fraud, complicity to money laundering and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
Thompson, 67, ran the U.S. Navy Veterans Association (USNVA), a bogus charitable organization headquartered in Florida. It claimed to "provide assistance to veterans" and collected nearly $2 million in Ohio alone, according to the Ohio Attorney General's office, which spent years investigating the association.
Ohio prosecutors say that little, if any, of the tens of millions of dollars Thompson raised through this association actually went to veterans or active members of the military.
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By Kim Palmer
CLEVELAND, Ohio | Sun Oct 6, 2013 10:07pm EDT
(Reuters) - Opening statements are scheduled to begin in Ohio on Monday in the trial of a man accused of running a scam charitable organization for U.S. Navy veterans that defrauded donors from 40 states of nearly $100 million.
State attorneys have charged the man, who was indicted under the name Bobby Thompson but is accused of using other aliases, with identity fraud, complicity to money laundering and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
Thompson, 67, ran the U.S. Navy Veterans Association (USNVA), a bogus charitable organization headquartered in Florida. It claimed to "provide assistance to veterans" and collected nearly $2 million in Ohio alone, according to the Ohio Attorney General's office, which spent years investigating the association.
Ohio prosecutors say that little, if any, of the tens of millions of dollars Thompson raised through this association actually went to veterans or active members of the military.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/07/us-ohio-crime-charity-idUSBRE99601420131007
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