It's been three months, and fallen auto mogul Denny Hecker remains locked up in Terre Haute, Ind., despite being told that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons is not done moving him yet.

Hecker was transported from the minimum-security federal prison camp in Duluth in early February to a prison in Wisconsin. He was transferred again the next day to Indiana, where he was only supposed to stay a short while.

Asked on Tuesday if Hecker will remain there indefinitely, Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke said Terre Haute "is not his final destination. I don't know the reason for the holdup on the transfer, but I would expect him to be moving in the future."

Burke declined to say which prison will become Hecker's new home for the remaining 8 1/2 years of his sentence. Asked how long Hecker might be in Indiana, Burke said, "It really depends on the situation. Obviously this one has taken a long time. Some take less time. Some take longer. It just depends on the individual circumstances."

Burke would not comment on Hecker's health or his behavior.

While Hecker generally had the run of the minimum-security prison camp in Duluth, that changed around December when he was placed in special confinement, away from the general prison population.

Hecker was sequestered around the same time that his wife, Christi Rowan, was moved from a federal women's prison in Illinois to a halfway house in the Twin Cities. Rowan, who was serving a 14-month term for fraud, was released from the halfway house in February, the same month Hecker was moved to Indiana. Rowan served 12 months of her 14-month sentence before being released. She now lives in the Twin Cities.

Officials with the Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. attorney's office declined to say whether the timing of Hecker's move was related to Rowan's release.

Hecker's former defense attorney, Brian Toder, said at the time that Hecker may have been perceived as a flight risk and that the former auto dealer had gotten into trouble for breaking rules regarding cellphone use in Duluth. Bureau of Prisons officials declined to say why Hecker was sequestered in Duluth or explain his sudden move out of state in February.

Hecker was arrested in October 2010 and then sentenced in February 2011 to 10 years in prison for committing bankruptcy fraud and for defrauding auto lenders out of millions of dollars in loans.

Hecker filed for bankruptcy in June 2009, claiming $18.5 million in assets and $767 million worth of debt.

However, Hecker was soon accused of hiding assets from the bankruptcy court and eventually gave up his quest for bankruptcy protection. Matthew Burton, the attorney for the bankruptcy trustee handling Hecker's liquidation, confirmed Tuesday that about $7 million has been recovered for creditors so far.

According to bankruptcy court documents filed earlier this year, the search for possible hidden assets continues.

Dee DePass • 612-673-7725