Scores of forgeries. Frauds of dizzying variety. Victims galore, including six different banks, six corporations, the Anti-Defamation League, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and even the military dictatorship of Nigeria. That's count one of the indictment. Sixty more counts follow, many involving crimes not contemplated by the state charges.
Tax evasion is one example.
The car was bought in his name, but it was used by Edwards. As Wilson began his news conference, Henry Lyons arrived at the federal courthouse dressed in his trademark outfit, a dark suit and a National Baptist Convention lapel pin. His attorney, Grady Irvin, beside him, Lyons said little to waiting reporters. In Nashville, meanwhile, Brenda Harris' attorneys learned their client was being indicted when a reporter called their offices. Then lawyers Nader Baydoun and Peter Strianse spoke with representatives from Wilson's office.