I was like...[00:13:23] Will Johnson: Right you got, he's looking like for people to take the bait and, and run with it. The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply. He, he dresses neat and his hair was a little long. He didn't see the actual episode aired live, um, but got wind of it and uh intensely tracked any news dealing with the episode.
But due to the hard work of a newspaper reporter in Tampa, Florida, the scam had been revealed and a warrant issued for Thompson's arrest. [00:08:23] Will Johnson: As Jodi Andes searched through bank accounts and never ending dead ends, US Marshals were also following dead ends. It was one of the reasons the case stuck out for her. Stopped by US Marshals on the street outside the boarding house. [00:21:42] Pete Elliott: We were to get a search warrant for that storage unit, and we were able to get $1 million in cash that Bobby Thompson had stored in that storage unit. As the Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, General Thompson manages the research, design, development, acquisition and sustainment of satellites and the associated command and control systems.
[00:24:08] Will Johnson: And I'm back with AARP's Fraud Watch Network Ambassador, Frank Abagnale. It was amazing that he stayed in the states. But no fingerprints and no ID and no sign of the millions of dollars he stole. [00:20:11] Will Johnson: But the mystery of Bobby Thompson, even after all this time in a nationwide manhunt over a two year period has not been solved. [00:24:44] Frank Abagnale: I think that, and the fact that I didn't let my ego think that I'm the greatest and they'll never get me, and I'll outsmart all of them. [00:24:41] Will Johnson: Did that make it easier when they finally caught up with you?
And uh, gave me a, a story about having uh moved to Portland. [00:16:11] Jodi Andes: When he left Florida um, for a while he was over on the East Coast. [00:14:01] Celia Moore: In any situation he seemed to be messing with you. [00:21:57] Pete Elliott: Yeah, amazing. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover John-Paul’s connections and jobs at similar companies. So if you and I are sitting here and I made 100 million dollars, what's to do? Finally one night, a US Marshal on Pete Elliott's team strolled into Don Morsette's favorite watering hole. [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. He was born in the Town of Windsor on October 28, 1926, the son of Louis and Ella (Lewison) Thompson. So I jumped up and I went downstairs. 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. [00:04:09] Brad Tammaro: There were, there was a, a photograph of an individual in a bank going into an ATM type machine that, that resembled him.
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For this service he was awarded the [00:17:22] Will Johnson: Brad Tammaro with the Ohio Attorney General's Office recalls the night of the arrest. These pointed out or focused on religious groups. I mean, because again, there were millions of dollars missing. [00:27:52] Will Johnson: Not to give advice to bad guys. [00:22:03] Brad Tammaro: He'd go out there, to back to the um, storage facility almost every day.
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.
If I meet someone that's a political person, they believe totally that who I am and what I stand for, they introduce me to someone else, they're working off the credibility of the first person that introduced me, then I meet this second person who may be a senator or a congressman, and that person introduces me to another person, and again, all those people are not working on the credibility of so-called Bobby Thompson but the credibility of the people who he has met and convinced that he's that person. John William Thomason Jr. (Huntsville, Texas, 28 February 1893 – 12 March 1944, San Diego, California) was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps, as well as an author and illustrator of several books and magazine stories. Nearly two years go by, but law enforcement refuses to give up the chase. He would not give his real true identity. [00:26:27] Will Johnson: Right. Bobby Thompson and his fake Veteran's Charity, we want to remind all of our listeners that you can check how watchdogs like Charity Navigator and Charity Watch rate an organization before you make a donation. Um, and when he was brought into the local jail there in, in the Oregon area, he signed his name as Mr. X. Law enforcement was left to piece together whatever they had on him in order to track him down. But if Thompson was laying low, biding his time, maybe dreaming up new scams, federal agents weren't resting. to search for ways to make a difference in your community at John-Paul has 1 job listed on their profile.
[00:13:30] Celia Moore: So, I mean that was just a way of entertaining himself.
Born on December 31, 1860 in Newport, Kentucky, Thompson grew up on a succession of Army posts and had decided on the military as a career by the age of sixteen.