( CNN ) -- A man convicted of running a charity scam that stole millions of dollars intended for Navy veterans was sentenced in an Ohio courtroom Monday to 28 years in prison -- including solitary confinement on every Veterans Day during that span -- the Ohio attorney general 's office said . The man , who calls himself Bobby Thompson -- but who authorities say is lawyer and former Army Capt . John Donald Cody -- also was ordered by a judge to pay more than $ 6.3 million in fines and more than $ 330,000 to cover court and prosecution costs . The defendant was convicted in a Cuyahoga County court last month of running a telemarketing scam through his Florida-based U.S. Navy Veterans Association . Authorities have said the charity raised about $ 100 million from donors in 41 states from 2002 to 2010 , but little went to help veterans , The Plain Dealer newspaper of Cleveland reported . Google search reveals true identity of suspect in Navy charity scam . `` It 's horrible when a scammer victimizes people , but to do it under the cover story of helping veterans is just plain evil , '' Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Monday . `` Ohioans thought their hard-earned money was going to help honorable veterans . I am glad Bobby Thomson/John Donald Cody is now being held accountable for his despicable actions . '' `` Thompson '' disappeared in 2010 after the St. Petersburg Times in Florida ran stories questioning the charity 's legitimacy . U.S. marshals arrested him in Oregon after a two-year nationwide manhunt , during which he was placed on the list of TV 's `` America 's Most Wanted '' fugitives . Investigators said they found more than $ 980,000 in his suitcase , located in an Oregon storage unit . U.S. marshals said Thompson is really John Donald Cody , now 67 , who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1972 , served as a captain in the U.S. Army 's military intelligence unit and once practiced law in Arizona . The Ohio attorney general 's office prosecuted the case , alleging that donors from that state gave more than $ 2 million to the charity . Cody was convicted in November of 23 charges relating to crimes in Ohio , including engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity , racketeering , money laundering , records tampering , theft and identity theft , CNN affiliate WKYC reported . At his trial , prosecution witnesses testified that Thompson forged identification cards with stolen identities , and faked signatures and addresses of charity offices , The Plain Dealer reported . Monday 's fines of $ 6.3 million are n't the first to be put on Cody 's tab . In 2011 , while Cody was a fugitive , an Ohio judge ruled against the charity in a civil lawsuit that the state attorney general had filed , ordering the charity to pay about $ 3.9 million . The judge in the criminal case , Steven Gall , ordered Monday that the $ 980,000 found in the suitcase be put toward the $ 3.9 million civil judgment . DeWine 's office said it would distribute the money to legitimate veterans ' charities . Veterans ' charities already have received $ 101,000 that authorities seized from bank accounts associated with Cody or the charity , DeWine 's office said . If investigators find any other money connected to the case , DeWine 's office likely would ask that it be applied first to the civil restitution , and then to the criminal fines , said Dan Tierney , spokesman for the state attorney general 's office . Cody had faced a prison sentence of between 10 and 70 years , according to the newspaper . He plans to appeal the conviction , The Plain Dealer reported , citing defense attorney Joseph Patituce .
Man known as Bobby Thompson sentenced to 28 years , $ 6 million in fines . Man convicted of running charity that stole millions of dollars intended for Navy veterans . Authorities : Charity chief , Bobby Thompson , was really former Army Capt . John Donald Cody . Cody , 67 , graduated from Harvard Law School in 1972 , authorities say .