2010 Update
Cooley is fighting to stay out of prison 16 years after being caught lying about his military record. He faces up to 38 years in federal prison if convicted on the six counts of money laundering and one of filing a false tax return. The pre-trial continues in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, CA. Cooley's attorney claims his client is incompetent to stand trial although treatment and evaluation in federal medical center in Bunter, NC found Cooley competent. The hospital also reported evidence of malingering by Cooley. The defendant also alleged during the 2005 Bidbay civil case in St. Louis that he could remember nothing for the last 15 years by virtue of series of strokes. Cooley and an associate were ordered to pay $2.1 million to 11 people the court said were victims of the scheme.
"Questions were also raised (during the 1966 Marion County Trial) about claims that he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa in college and that he had a law degree. He was neither a member of the fraternity nor a law school graduate".
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