According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the
criminal information alleges that Oiler was part of a conspiracy that stole
more than $800,000 of cash drug proceeds before turning more than $1.7 million
of cash drug proceeds over to law enforcement officers. It is alleged that Oiler rented a storage
unit in Baltimore and travelled to Pennsylvania at the request of an unindicted
coconspirator who had stolen more than $800,000 of cash drug proceeds from a
coast-to-coast marijuana trafficking organization. Oiler allegedly took the vast majority of
those proceeds and stored them in the rented unit in Baltimore. It is further alleged that Oiler then
laundered those funds by conducting numerous financial transactions, including
sending cash to the unindicted coconspirator and a now-retired agent of the PA
Attorney General’s Office Bureau of Narcotics Investigations Mobile Street
Crimes Unit. That agent, Timothy B.
Riley, previously pled guilty to participating in the conspiracy and awaits
sentencing. Oiler netted about $400,000
of the proceeds.
The investigation began after Riley was notified on June 24,
2015, by an unindicted coconspirator about a large amount of cash from a
coast-to-coast marijuana trafficking organization. Riley and other members of the Mobile Street
Crimes Unit met the unindicted coconspirator at a truck stop in Carlisle,
Pennsylvania to seize cash out of the truck.
The amount seized was $1,770,650.
The unindicted coconspirator provided information about the marijuana trafficking
organization for which he was transporting the cash. An investigation of that drug trafficking
organization revealed the amount of cash in that shipment was $2,590,000, and
an allegation was made that Agents had stolen more than $800,000 from the
shipment when it was seized. To ensure a
full investigation was undertaken, the PA Attorney General referred the matter
to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The FBI, joined by Internal Revenue Service – Criminal
Investigations, conducted a full investigation, revealing more than $800,000
was stolen by the driver of the truck who turned the rest of the money in,
aided by Oiler. After the seizure,
Timothy B. Riley received three cash payments from the driver, totaling
$48,000. Riley then deposited and
conducted other financial transactions with that money, knowing it was stolen
proceeds of drug trafficking. Oiler
conducted financial transactions with more than $240,000 of the proceeds.
The case was investigated by the Harrisburg Offices of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal
Investigation, with the full assistance of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney
General. Assistant U.S. Attorney James
T. Clancy is prosecuting the case.
Indictments and Criminal Informations are only allegations.
All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty
in court.
A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the
Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the
Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
The maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is 20
years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and
a fine. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Judge is also required to
consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances and
seriousness of the offense; the history and characteristics of the defendant;
and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public and provide for the
defendant's educational, vocational and medical needs. For these reasons, the
statutory maximum penalty for the offense is not an accurate indicator of the
potential sentence for a specific defendant.
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