On Oct. 1, 2012, federal authorities announced that they believed the suspect they had in custody for running an alleged charity scam under the name Bobby Thompson is actually John Donald Cody, a Harvard Law grad and former military intelligence officer.

After two years on the run, the alleged charity scammer known as 'Bobby Thompson' was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Portland, Oregon on April 30. 'Thompson' is charged with running a fake charity for Navy veterans and bilking donors out of as much $100 million. But authorities still don't know his true identity.

After his arrest, Thompson said, "It's my right under the U.S. Constitution not to make any statements," and then refused to speak further. When presented with documents, he signed his name with an X.

At his arraignment on May 8, Thompson said he wanted to act as his own attorney, but still refused to reveal his true identity. "If he wants to go by the name 'Mr. X,' we'll prosecute him as 'Mr. X,' " said a prosecutor.

Thompson was arrested after coming out of a bar in Portland. He had been staying in a rented room in this house. He was extradited to Ohio, where he faces charges of fraud, money laundering and identity theft.

Thompson had multiple IDs when he was arrested, including licenses from several states, a Social Security card, and a resident alien card.

Thompson had rented a storage locker under the name Alan Lacey, the same name used on many of his documents.

"Thompson"'s storage locker contained birth certificates, lists of Social Security numbers and other public records that authorities believe were intended to help him manufacture identities. It also contained two suitcases.

The suitcases contained $1 million in cash.

Prior to Thompson's arrest, the last known images of the fugitive came from security footage taken at a New York City ATM on June 16, 2010.

Thompson is seen taking money out of an ATM three months after a St. Petersburg Times report fingered him as the man behind the apparently fictitious charity called Navy Veterans Association.

The Ohio Attorney General's office filed charges of money laundering, fraud and identity theft against 'Bobby Thompson' in 2010, accusing him of bilking Ohio residents out of $2 million between 2005 and 2010.

Blanca Contreras, listed as an officer of the US Navy Veterans Association, was arrested at the Charlotte, North Carolina airport after an Ohio grand jury indicted Contreras and Bobby Thompson for money laundering, operating an illicit enterprise and theft. Contreras pleaded guilty.

Thompson contributed to the campaign of Rep. Adam Putnam, R.-Fla., seen here with Thompson, and to the campaign of current Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum. The Florida Attorney General's office is now investigating the US Navy Veterans Association, as is the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Putnam won election as the state's Agriculture Commissioner in 2010.

Thompson with former New York City mayor and 2008 presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Thompson made repeated contributions to Giuliani's presidential run. Most of the candidates who are aware of receiving contributions from Thompson and his group, including Giuliani, have returned them.

Thompson, whose real name and identity are unknown, used the money collected by his charitable group to make donations to prominent politicians, nearly all of them Republicans. Here he is with Rep. John Boehner, R.-Ohio, now Speaker of the House.

Bobby Thompson with former White House senior advisor Karl Rove. Authorities say the man calling himself Thompson has also used the identity Ronnie Brittain.

Thompson with former President George W. Bush. Thompson formed a Navy Veterans political action committee, NAVPAC, with himself as treasurer, in 1999. He applied to the IRS for tax-exempt status for the US Navy Veterans Association in 2002.

Bobby Thompson with former President Bush.

Thompson with 2008 GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R.-Arizona. By the end of 2008, the US Navy Veterans Association was reporting annual revenues in excess of $4.2 million.

Ohio's attorney general filed charges against Bobby Thompson in 2010. Before U.S. Marshals arrested him on April 30, 2012, they had tracked him to Arizona, Rhode Island, and Boston, where he had allegedly attempted to start another charity. Authorities say that 90 percent of the $100 million collected by the Navy Veterans Association remains unaccounted for.

The US Navy Veterans Association listed an address in Las Cruces, New Mexico as the address of one of the organization's officers. The New Mexico Attorney General's office found that the address was actually a Starbuck's. Another address in Las Cruces that supposedly belonged to an officer of the organization was a parking lot.