( CNN ) -- A bored U.S. marshal using Google connected an alleged scam artist arrested this year under an alias to a lawyer who disappeared decades ago before he was indicted on federal fraud charges . The suspect in a fake charity scam that stole millions in donations intended for Navy veterans is also wanted by the FBI for questioning in a spy case , federal officials said . When U.S. marshals arrested `` Bobby Thompson '' five months ago , they said they knew he was using a fake name . He 's been held in the Cuyahoga County , Ohio , jail since then . `` We always knew there was a reason that 'Thompson ' signed his name as 'Mr . X ' and did not want to be identified , '' U.S . Marshal Pete Elliott said Monday . `` We now know why . '' His real name John Donald Cody , who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1972 , served as a captain in the U.S. Army 's military intelligence unit , worked as a lawyer in Arizona and speaks `` many , many different foreign languages , '' Elliott said . Cody , now 65 , disappeared in 1984 as IRS agents were investigating him in a case that led to his indictment in 1987 on four counts , including making false statements to an investment brokerage firm , taking stolen funds across state lines and lying on a loan application , according to court documents . But time and technology caught up with Cody when Elliott opened his web browser and began a series of Google searches . `` I happened to be a little bored that Friday afternoon , '' Elliott said Monday . `` Thank goodness for Google . '' He searched for cold-case fraud fugitives with ties to military , he said . Google images yielded a 1969 photo of a man with a pompadour hairstyle in a military uniform and several later photos of the same man with a similar haircut , he said . Both Cody and Thompson favored the pompadour , he said . `` In our profession , one and one always equals two , and I believe man is always a creature of habit , no matter what identity he takes , '' Elliott said . He also found an FBI wanted flyer for a cold-case fraud fugitive wanted since 1987 . It was from 1987 when the FBI began searching for Cody . Since Cody fled before he was arrested , the FBI had no fingerprints to compare to Thompson . But the military did , and they matched , Elliott said . The `` Thompson '' case drew a lot of attention in May when `` Thompson '' was arrested in Oregon after a two-year nationwide manhunt during which he was placed on the list of `` America 's Most Wanted '' fugitives . Investigators found almost $ 1 million in a storage unit the arrest . Cody allegedly founded a fake charity -- the U.S. Navy Veterans Association -- through which he collected nearly $ 2 million from donors in 41 states in a telemarketing scam between 2005 and 2010 , authorities said . While the government acknowledged a possible connection between Cody and a FBI espionage investigation , no other details have been disclosed . CNN 's Carol Cratty contributed to this report .
` ` ' Thompson '' is ' Robert Cody , a fugitive Arizona lawyer , they say . Cody , now 65 , disappeared in 1984 as federal agents were investigating him for fraud . Cody allegedly ran a fake charity that stole $ 2 million intended for veterans . ` ` Thank goodness for Google , '' U.S. marshal says .