The Brief
- Federal inmate Riley Graham, 60, was convicted of running a $1.4M+ wire fraud scheme while serving a prior fraud sentence in Beaumont.
- Between 2019 and 2024, Graham defrauded a Beaumont pastor, the pastor’s family, a construction business, and a fellow inmate and his family.
- Graham faces up to 30 additional years in prison for the scheme, though specific details of how it was conducted and a sentencing date remain unannounced.
BEAUMONT, Texas – A federal inmate has been convicted of running a $1.4 million investment fraud scheme while serving a prior fraud sentence in Beaumont.
What we know:
A jury found Riley Graham, 60, also known as David Drake, guilty of conspiring to commit wire fraud following a five-day trial, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. …