Cantrell's indictment marks the first time a sitting New Orleans mayor is facing criminal prosecution. Both Cantrell and Vappie have maintained that their relationship was strictly professional.
James led a civil fraud case against President Donald Trump in 2024 over his real estate dealings.
According to the indictment, the individuals in 2023 set up a scheme to target elderly individuals and lie to them, telling them that their bank accounts were compromised.
If convicted on all counts, each faces up to 65 years in prison.
The decision comes after a federal judge dismissed the initial case against James last month because the federal prosecutor who brought the case was not lawfully appointed.
Trump designated TdA as an Foreign Terrorist Organization for the first time in U.S. history in February and directed the Department of Justice and other federal agencies to eradicate it from the U.S.
Five of the indictments involved legal U.S. permanent residents without citizenship.
Comey's media leak denial in front of Congress in 2017 likely would have fallen outside the statute of limitations. But the fired FBI chief doubled down on his denial in 2020 — and he was indicted days before the statute was set to expire next week.
Former Trump administration National Security Advisor John Bolton was charged Thursday by the Justice Department with illegally storing and transmitting classified information.
The new indictments accuse him of stalking and murdering Thompson, and using interstate travel, electronic communications, and a firearm