Baltimore defense attorney Ken Ravenell has been federally indicted on three criminal counts, federal court records indicate.Read the indictmentRavenell, 60, of Monkton, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and narcotics conspiracy. "According to the indictment, Ravenell violated the legitimate and lawful purpose of the law firm where he worked in order to enrich himself and Individual 1 by receiving payments from a drug trafficker client and his associates in exchange for instructing the client and his associates how to evade law enforcement and continue their drug trafficking, laundering drug proceeds, and obstructing justice to protect the client and his associates," the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement.Prosecutors said the indictment alleges Ravenell knowingly protected and assisted co-conspirators in their drug trafficking by coaching co-conspirators about law enforcement techniques so that they could evade these techniques when they trafficked in narcotics.Prosecutors said Ravenell allegedly used the law firm's bank accounts to launder hundreds of thousands of dollars and protect the drug-trafficking organization.The indictment also alleges that Ravenell participated in a conspiracy to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, prosecutors said.If convicted, Ravenell could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for the racketeering conspiracy; a maximum of 20 years in prison for the money laundering conspiracy; and a maximum of life in prison for the narcotics conspiracy.

Baltimore defense attorney Ken Ravenell has been federally indicted on three criminal counts, federal court records indicate.

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Ravenell, 60, of Monkton, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and narcotics conspiracy.

"According to the indictment, Ravenell violated the legitimate and lawful purpose of the law firm where he worked in order to enrich himself and Individual 1 by receiving payments from a drug trafficker client and his associates in exchange for instructing the client and his associates how to evade law enforcement and continue their drug trafficking, laundering drug proceeds, and obstructing justice to protect the client and his associates," the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement.

Prosecutors said the indictment alleges Ravenell knowingly protected and assisted co-conspirators in their drug trafficking by coaching co-conspirators about law enforcement techniques so that they could evade these techniques when they trafficked in narcotics.

Prosecutors said Ravenell allegedly used the law firm's bank accounts to launder hundreds of thousands of dollars and protect the drug-trafficking organization.

The indictment also alleges that Ravenell participated in a conspiracy to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, prosecutors said.

If convicted, Ravenell could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for the racketeering conspiracy; a maximum of 20 years in prison for the money laundering conspiracy; and a maximum of life in prison for the narcotics conspiracy.

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Fed indictment accuses Baltimore Atty Ken Ravenell of conspiring with a client who was accused in a drug case to help the client evade enforcement and launder money pic.twitter.com/MyopdsAEC7 — Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) September 18, 2019

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