"[T]hese defendants authorized and directed violence in the United States, Mexico, and elsewhere as part of a concerted effort to expand MS-13's influence and territorial control," the DOJ stated.
In connection with the case federal agents have seized a Porsche and a Lamborghini allegedly bought with the fraudulently secured funding.
Payton Gendron, 19, may be facing life in prison or the death penalty.
Paul Schizza conspired with former Illinois House Speaker and others to corruptly arrange for $22,500 to be paid to a Madigan ally, prosecutors allege.
A key witness "conveniently and quite surprisingly provided a different version of events from that which he had previously provided to investigators," according to the Virginia attorney general's office.
