Charleston, WV Misty Brotherton-Tanner of Charleston entered a guilty plea in federal court to two felony counts of wire fraud and one felony count of money laundering. She faces up to 50 years in prison, a $750,000 fine and three years of supervised release when she is sentenced on July 15, 2021. Brotherton-Tanner has also agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $537,173.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Misty Brotherton-Tanner provided bookkeeping and accounting services for several local businesses in the Charleston area. From at least 2014 until 2020, Misty Brotherton-Tanner devised a scheme to defraud these businesses. Brotherton-Tanner would electronically transfer money and move the electronic transactions between accounts in such a way so as to hide her fraud under the guise of legitimate transactions Brotherton-Tanner was not permitted to pay herself from these business accounts. Brotherton-Tanner s fraud included listing herself as an emplo
HUNTINGTON â A man arrested in connection with the shooting death of a Huntington teenager last year admitted to firearm and drug charges in federal court last Monday.
Kelly Ray Ingels Sr., 46, of Huntington, was sentenced March 1 to a total of two years and nine months in federal prison. He previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and transfer of a firearm to a juvenile.
Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston said Ingels sold a firearm to a juvenile for cash and marijuana over Facebook on May 20. During an investigation surrounding that sale, officers obtained a search warrant for his home at 920 ½ 23rd Street in Huntington. During the execution of that search warrant, officers located about 11 grams of meth and digital scales.