Major GOP donor arrested in $100 million veteran charity scam

[jaxx]

By David Edwards
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 11:17 EDT

The U.S. Marshal Service announced Tuesday that it had captured one of America’s Most Wanted fugitives who is accused of creating a fake charity for Navy veterans that funneled some of the $100 million collected to Republican candidates.

Between the early 2000s and 2010, a man using the alias “Bobby Thompson” collected millions from unsuspecting donors for the charity U.S. Navy Veterans Association (USNVA), which claimed to provide support for members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Officials believe that very little, if any, of the money was ever used as intended, according to the U.S. Marshal Service.

To help legitimize his charity, Thompson allegedly donated part of the ill-gotten funds to Republican candidates like former President George W. Bush, former Republican presidential candidate John McCain and House Speaker John Boehner.

Republican Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli reportedly personally pleaded with Thompson for donations and received $55,000 for his effort, making Thompson Cuccinelli’s second-largest donor. Cuccinelli was eventually forced to turn over the tainted money to veterans support groups.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/02/ma...rity-scam/

Surely the pious pubs will give that money back. Imagine screwing veterans to give money to the wingers!

[SeattleGirl]

This is so disgusting! The party that struts around proclaiming they support the troops more than the Democratic party was (and still is, I am positive) using these men and women as their personal ATM machines.

Anyone and everyone who got money from this shyster needs to fess up and needs to turn the money over -- preferably to veterans!

[Born_A_Truman]

When will Hannity get his?