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40 charged in sprawling criminal enterprise using inmates
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A federal grand jury has returned a 147-count superseding indictment against 40 defendants across South Carolina in the largest federal racketeering conspiracy in South Carolina history.
The indictment alleges a sprawling criminal enterprise whereby inmates with the South Carolina Department of Corrections, often through the use of contraband cell phones, orchestrated murder, kidnapping, firearms distribution, and an international drug operation.
The grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendants with conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, and several charges under the Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering statute. Of the 40 defendants, 24 defendants were charged in the initial indictment in this case for conduct related to their alleged roles in the drug trafficking organization.
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Drugs, money, torture and murder were all part of a detailed web of gang-related, organized crime that flourished in South Carolina from at least 2017 until now, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
The enterprise, fueled by a connected collection of people who included South Carolina inmates, pledged allegiance to the Insane Gangster Disciples, a branch of the larger gang Folk Nation, which traces its roots to 1970s Chicago.
The 147-count indictment names at least 40 defendants from across South Carolina, including multiple players from Greenville, Anderson and Spartanburg counties. Major moves in the group s day-to-day operations can be traced to the Upstate, records show.