Mail.comWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A treasure hunter accused of cheating investors out of their share of his historic underwater find of gold is remaining behind bars.
Tommy Thompson appeared before a judge in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday. But because he has not formally hired an attorney licensed to defend him in federal court, a hearing to confirm his identity and seek his extradition to Ohio was again put off.
As in his court appearance last week, 62-year-old Thompson told U.S. Magistrate Judge Dave Lee Brannon that a variety of health problems have put him “in a very fragile situation.” Brannon said Thompson’s “health issues can’t stand in the way of a case proceeding.”
Separately, Thompson’s longtime companion, Alison Antekeier, was denied bond and ordered held awaiting a decision on her own extradition.
I have followed this case from the start of the program to find the SS Central America. This man found 50 Million Dollars, owed investors 12 Million Dollars, there is still over 500 million dollars still on the ship (at 12,000 feet deep). Where is all the money?? Ill health, give me a break.
I seem to remember that Insurance companies are trying to unjustly claim what he recovered. I didn’t know that he had been arrested. Sounds like he got a bad deal