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'Call Me Commander' tells the rest of the true story of a con man


‘Call Me Commander’ tells the rest of the true story of a con man
Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times
When Jeff Testerman rolled up to a ramshackle Ybor City duplex one August morning in 2009, he didn’t think he was walking into one of the biggest stories he’d ever write.
Testerman was more than 30 years into his career at the then-St. Petersburg Times, with a reputation as a relentless investigative reporter. That day, he was looking into the questionable military background of a local politician, and he had come to the Ybor City address hoping to grab a quick quote from an officer of a group that had made a campaign donation to the politician, the U.S. Navy Veterans Association. ....

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CASEY: 'Call Me Commander' is a gripping, real-life read


If you’ve ever wondered how gumshoe-style investigative reporting works, there’s a new primer out. It’s about a Harvard Law grad — John Donald Cody — who orchestrated a nationwide scam that swindled millions from people in the name of a fake veteran’s charity.
Using a stolen identity, Cody billed himself as “Commander Bobby Thompson,” leader of the U.S. Navy Veterans Association. The Navy Vets claimed 67,000 members. Its tax returns pegged its fundraising totals at more than $100 million.
“Thompson” operated the con mostly hiccup-free across 41 states for years, during which it passed at least one IRS audit. He also made hundreds of thousands in campaign donations. He had his photo taken with political luminaries such as President George W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani, Karl Rove and others. ....

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