Press Release
Reserve, Louisiana Resident Charged With Drug Trafficking and Wire Fraud Offenses
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that JORDY ROBERTSON, age 37, from St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, was charged on Friday, August 9, 2019 with drug trafficking and wire fraud offenses.
The government filed a two-count bill of information that charged ROBERTSON with wire fraud and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. According to the bill of information, ROBERTSON’s drug trafficking conspiracy ran from at least May of 2017 through January of 2019, and his wire fraud scheme ran from October of 2016 through January of 2019.
U. S. Attorney Strasser reiterated that a bill of information is merely a charge and that the guilt of the defendant must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
If convicted of the drug charges, ROBERTSON faces up to twenty years in prison, followed by at least three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $1 million. If convicted of the wire fraud charges, ROBERTSON faces up to twenty years in prison, followed by up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gross gain to ROBERTSON or the gross loss to any victims.
The case is set for a pretrial conference on September 26, 2019, and trial on October 15, 2019, before Judge Wendy B. Vitter.
U.S. Attorney Strasser praised the work of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorneys Jonathan L. Shih and Nicholas D. Moses are in charge of the prosecution.
This prosecution is part of an extensive investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (“OCDETF”). OCDETF is a joint federal, state and local cooperative approach to combat drug trafficking and is the nation’s primary tool for disrupting and dismantling major drug trafficking organizations, targeting national and regional level drug trafficking organizations and coordinating the necessary law enforcement entities and resources to disrupt or dismantle the targeted criminal organization and seize their assets.
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Updated August 12, 2019
Topics
Drug Trafficking
Financial Fraud