Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Sherri
A. Lydon announced today that Daniel Edward Johnson, 47, Former Fifth Circuit
Solicitor and resident of Blythewood, South Carolina, was charged in a 36-count
Superseding Indictment by a federal Grand Jury in Columbia for Wire Fraud, Mail
Fraud, Theft of Federal Funds, False Statements, Conversion of Federal Funds,
and Obstruction of Justice.
Johnson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal
prison on the Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, and Obstruction of Justice charges; a
maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on the Theft of Federal Funds and
Conversion of Federal Funds charges; and a maximum penalty of five years in
federal prison for the False Statements charge.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and South Carolina
Law Enforcement Division (SLED) investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorneys Winston D.
Holliday, Jr., Alyssa Leigh Richardson, and William C. Lewis of the Columbia office
are prosecuting the case.
The United States Attorney stated that all charges in the
indictment are merely accusations and that all defendants are presumed innocent
until and unless proven guilty.
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