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Sentencing dates set in $10.2M Petro America fraud caseStaff
Kansas City Business JournalSentencing dates have been set for thirteen people involved with a $10.2 million stock scam that targeted black churchgoers that bought into a scheme that sought investment in phony oil wells and gold mines, The Kansas City Star reports.
Petro America Corp. Founder and former CEO Israel Owen Hawkins Jr., convicted of securities fraud, aggravating currency structuring, money laundering and wire fraud, had been released in May on a $50,000 bond. He now faces a U.S. District Court judge on Oct. 8 at 9 a.m.
Here's the timeframe for others:
• Oct. 8: Hawkins sentencing will precede those of Martin Roper, William Miller and Allen Collins.
• Oct. 9: Johnny Heurung, Teresa Hill, Charles Hooker
• Oct. 10: Russell Hopkins, Brian Langenbach, Curtis White
• Oct. 11: Teresa Brown
• Oct. 18: Joseph Harrell
• Nov. 14: Edward Halliburton
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