The New York congresswoman partnered with House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost, R-Ill., to sponsor new legislation that would create .
supposedly for a navy veterans organization and then took off with the money. it s a bizarre case involving alleged theft, false identities and a suspect who prosecutors say was on the run for years. mike has the latest from chicago. mike? and jon, the charity was called simply the u.s. navy veterans association. it never existed. all of the addresses were mailboxes but still, it generated about $100 million for a guy going by the name of bobby thompson. in fact, he s on trial as bobby thompson but this is a career scammer. he s had a number of different identities and by all appearances, he really is a guy named john donald cody. john donald cody is a harvard grad and what appears to be vetting out is that he actually did some work still undefined in military intelligence. in fact, when he was picked up for the veterans scam, u.s. marshals determined he was wanted on a decades old charge of espionage and that possible connection to military intelligence is something the defense is g