Uh, any state could do the same thing. The Association claimed to be a national organization with 43 U.S. chapters and over 66,000 members. Bobby Thompson.
They just move onto the next scam or the next con. He always had a pompadour hairstyle, all through the pictures of him and the politicians, and you know, throughout the years. Thompson wasn't talking, or at least he wasn't saying much, and he definitely wasn't telling anyone his true identity. But tend to be again, this is where ego comes in, you've got to go back to conning people again, you've got to go back to doing these things again, and eventually that leads to your being caught.
Now, you know and, and was caught.
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But the secretive and flamboyant Thompson had disappeared. I mean, it's got to be harder to disappear. Law enforcement was left to piece together whatever they had on him in order to track him down. [00:20:41] Pete Elliott: We had our man; we had no idea who he was.
[00:14:01] Celia Moore: In any situation he seemed to be messing with you. New about resiliency.
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Lt. Cmdr. As it turns out, the state of Ohio takes the lead on the case. He mostly stayed in major cities though. [00:10:39] Will Johnson: What does he look like? U.S. Central Command operations deter adversaries and demonstrate support for allies and partners in the region. [00:11:34] Will Johnson: So then what happened?
He, he dresses neat and his hair was a little long. [00:13:16] Will Johnson: Yeah, right. Please return to AARP.org to learn more about other benefits.You are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. [00:26:27] Will Johnson: Right.
He would not give his real true identity. The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply. They even had intel on the tavern where he liked to hang out.
Um, we stayed on it, and I've got very dedicated uh, you know Deputy US Marshals and local police officers assigned to the task force, and they just didn't quit. He had the million dollars, but he was still organizing another charity and he was going to start doing the exact same thing that he had done before under a completely different name and you know, at this time, a different set of targets, you know, people with more religious leanings that would be donating money. So he took his sweatshirt off, goes into the bar, sets down at the bar, looks over and he goes, there he is, setting right there. Frank, I guess you don't want the movie to be necessarily like a primer for con men, right? [00:08:23] Will Johnson: As Jodi Andes searched through bank accounts and never ending dead ends, US Marshals were also following dead ends.
[00:11:30] Celia Moore: Oh, have I ever. But no fingerprints and no ID and no sign of the millions of dollars he stole. Listen to a small snippet of CMSAF Kaleth O. Wright talk with Staff Sgt. He wasn't bad, but he just liked to um, say outrageous things and see what kind of response he got. The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply.
Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson is the Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. He graduated from DeForest High School in 1944. We caught the fish, but we could not tell you what kind of fish he was. [00:05:06] Pete Elliott: Basically nothing. In the meantime, please feel free They learned that Thompson might be in Portland, Oregon. "Oh, well, one of them is traveling the country finding himself." Something as simple as speeding and they find out that it's not that person or the license if false and then they start to check on them. An investigation by a Florida-based journalist revealed that Thompson’s charity, the U.S. Navy Veterans Association, is an elaborate scam. Extensive conversion and installation of new sonar equipment at Long Beach occupied the ship until July 1962.
[00:08:59] Helen MacMurray: The US Marshal came to me, and you know he, he said, "Helen," you know, "I want to talk to you about your personal relationship because there, there probably will be things that you'll tell me about him that might help me find him." The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply.
So he was helping them, he was supposedly meeting with their people in downtown Portland, and, and he was helping to advise them on how to make their warehouses more secure. And his hair seemed a little long, but it wasn't outrageous.
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You know, he had a bad leg at that point, and walked with a cane, so um, he couldn't carry a lot at any one time. [00:19:57] Will Johnson: Back in Ohio, Pete Elliott hears the news of Thompson's arrest. [00:06:26] Will Johnson: And he also had a pretty distinct appearance, but I, I guess in your line of work you know that people can change that up. [00:04:01] Will Johnson: Thompson's last known address was a duplex in Florida, but he had cleared out and they had only bits and pieces of clues to his whereabouts. For years this group has fraudulently collected millions of dollars under the guise of supporting military veterans. Fake charities like this one can have a real impact on legitimate charity organizations. John Thompson Captain at US Navy Alexandria, Virginia 160 connections. Again, that's Charity Navigator and Charity Watch.
Uh, which makes you think.
It was a soiree, if you will.
I don't know, but he wasn't going to go to a doctor. View John Thompson’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. [00:00:36] Will Johnson: This week on AARP - The Perfect Scam. One of our other roommates um, had been a phy--, a high school physics teacher, and he was a smart guy and, and they would get into these conversations and, and uh, we called him Don.
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