US Treasure Hunter Released After Decade in Prison
A U.S.-based treasure hunter has been released from prison after serving ten years for refusing to disclose the location of 500 gold coins found on a shipwreck. Tommy Thompson, now free at age 73 and having served more than half his sentence due in part because he claimed not knowing where they were hidden (which was factually incorrect), remains under no obligation to reveal their whereabouts despite facing potential fines or imprisonment for non-compliance with the National Stolen Art Act of 1982.
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1Tommy Thompson was freed from jail in March following his refusal to disclose the location of shipwreck gold.
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2The treasure hunter has been incarcerated since at least ten years prior due to legal obligations regarding unaccounted coins.
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Tommy Thompson was sentenced to at least ten years in jail but served less time than he reported his location (Is.fi)
— [Mar 16, 19:30] Tommy Thompson tietää̂ mitä tapahtui kultalaiva SS Central Americanin aarteille – istui mieluummin 10 vuotta vankilassa kuin kertoi sijainnin (Is.fi)The treasure hunter has never revealed where the five hundred gold pieces are located and was released after ten years in prison without turning over any of them
— [Mar 16, 17:02] Il n'a jamais réve_lé où se trouvaient les 500 pie_ces d'or : un chasseur de tre_soir ame_ricain libe_éré apre_tos ans de prison (Feeds.leparisien.fr)Ten years have passed since Thompson was released from the dam, yet he has not revealed any information about where to find gold coins
— [Mar 15, 08:16] Po desetih letih izpus_cen iz zapora, a skrivnosti o zlatih kovancih ni izdal (Delo.si)The treasure hunter has hidden the location of his discovery and finally revealed where he hid it
— [Mar 15, 00:00] FOTO Morsky_vyskumni_k objavil POKLAD: Skryl ho a skonc_il v base! Povie konec_ne kam ho ukryt? (Www1.pluska.sk)A US deep-sea treasure hunter has been released from prison after refusing to disclose the location of gold coins found on a shipwreck, with 500 still unaccounted for
— [Mar 14, 17:51] Treasure hunter freed from jail after refusing to turn over shipwreck gold (BBC News)Tommy Thompson has been released from jail after ten years on criminal contempt charges related to his refusal to disclose a shipwreck's remaining treasure. Although investors accused him of cheating them out of millions in proceeds recovered since 1980, he remains at large regarding the location and whereabouts of approximately 500 unaccounted gold coins worth up to $40 million that were never returned or sold by his venture company Thompson Gold Exploration Company (TGEC).