A federal judge Friday ordered a suspect accused of participating in a $511 million fraud scheme connected to a polygamous sect to remain in jail pending trial.
Federal Judge Brooke Wells focused on Kingston’s role in moving $52 million to Turkey as a reason not to grant him release before trial. Wells was concerned that money could be used to help Kingston flee to Turkey, a country currently not extraditing suspects to the United States.
“You paint your client as a pawn — a weak person who is vulnerable to the desires of his brother and co-defendant,” Wells told the defense attorney.