Now it's a crime to hook up with someone? You people have all lost your mind. This is like sensationalized to the fullest.

I have been scammed by this person.  I have exchanged around 20 emails for a NYC apartment.  He has used the following email addresses:
--> tdmartin88@gmail.com
--> drflanaganphd@gmail.com

He has cashed a personal check that I have sent him in the amount of $300.00.  I was directed to send this to his "daughter" who lived in Massachusetts.  Not only this, but he gave me the following phone number: 413-949-1579.

I had indicated that I was flying to NYC with my fiancee.  He indicated that he was a psychiatrist by the name of Dr. Gellar and that he would pick me up from the airport to take me to the apartment.  Wow, now I'm freaked out by what COULD HAVE HAPPENED.  

If I do not hear from him tonight, then I will be contacting the authorities tomorrow.

I answered an ad on craigslist in New York City.  Got a reply from tdmartin88@gmail.com.  When I googled that email, I found all this info.  Needless to say I'm staying far away from this one.

Interesting that this "Brian J. Cohler" has positive things to say about Thomas.  After all, Bertram J. Cohler was a professor of his as an undergrad at the University of Chicago.  Also, Thomas worked at Yale the year after his college graduation (if you look a few posts back you will see he used a Yale Prof. as one of many aliases as well).  This leads me to believe that "Brian Cohler" is also an inspired fake from Thomas.

I was friends with Thomas in college.  I have not been scammed but a friend told me about what was happening to him and I found this site.  Sad that he is using old profs names and family members for aliases (Carla Flanagan is his mother, Kelly is the name of one of his sisters).  

Perhaps we can all learn from this situation.  I want to protect the public from Thomas because clearly he is on a destructive path (haven't spoken to him in years but obviously he is troubled).  When he was a child, I know that his father was sent to prison for abusing the family.  Perhaps he is just acting out.  I really hope he gets help.

Unless you got scammed from this guy, please try to not post on this site. It throws off everything, and it makes it seem like this is all a joke. I know that what this person did isn't great by any means, but I was actually scammed. I had money stolen, and I have posted on here already. I try to check this site out from time to time. Do not post if you are just some random guy who used to go bowling with this guy. Unless you were scammed, I really think you shouldn't post. You may think you are helping, but you are just confusing things.