Ricky McCoy Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering, Obstruction of Justice

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In a shocking turn of events, Ricky McCoy, the brother of former Country Club Hills Police Chief Regina R. Evans, pleaded guilty to one count each of money laundering and obstruction of justice in the federal investigation of a grant fraud scheme involving his sister.

McCoy, 50, appeared in federal court in Springfield today to enter his pleas before U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough. Sentencing for McCoy is scheduled for January 4, 2014.

The charges against McCoy stem from the federal investigation into the grant fraud scheme, which involved his sister, Regina Evans, and her husband, Ronald W. Evans, Jr. Regina Evans pleaded guilty last week to obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and conspiracy to obstruct justice and witness tampering. Ronald Evans has also pleaded guilty to the fraud scheme and is scheduled to be sentenced on December 2, 2013.

McCoy admitted that he engaged in money laundering related to the grant funds in November 2009. He issued a check payable to himself in the amount of $16,249 on behalf of We Are Our Brother’s Keeper, a not-for-profit program owned by the Evanses. The proceeds of the check were deposited to an account controlled by the Evanses. McCoy also issued two additional checks totaling $19,888 on behalf of We Are Our Brother’s Keeper, made payable to an associate of the Evanses. $17,888 of the check proceeds were deposited to a bank account controlled by the Evanses.

McCoy further admitted that he participated with his sister Regina and others to have a person identified as Individual A create a false story for law enforcement, the grand jury, and as a witness in a court proceeding, to falsely represent that the individual performed actual work under the grant awarded to We Are Our Brother’s Keeper. In fact, Individual A performed no such work and the checks issued to Individual A were merely a means to conceal grant funds converted to cash and returned to the benefit of the Evanses.

The maximum statutory penalty for obstruction of justice and for money laundering is up to 20 years in prison. Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy A. Bass is prosecuting the case on behalf of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of Illinois. The ongoing investigation is being conducted by participating agencies of the Central District of Illinois’ U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Public Corruption Task Force, including the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Chicago Division; the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations; and, the Illinois Secretary of State Office of Inspector General. Individuals who wish to provide information to law enforcement regarding matters of public corruption are urged to call the U.S. Attorney’s Office at 217-492-4450.

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