 On 14 November 2013, after a six-week trial before Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Steven Gall, Cody was found guilty of 23 charges including theft, money laundering, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, tampering with records, and identity fraud.On 16 December, Gall sentenced Cody to 28 years in prison and ordered him to pay more than $6.3 million in fines and investigation costs.Citing the damage done to veterans who could have been aided by the money that Thompson's charity raised, Gall ordered Cody to spend each Veterans Day (11 November) in solitary confinement for the duration of his prison term.