U.S. Attorney Will Thompson Announces Guilty Plea in Bankruptcy Fraud Case

On May 1, 2024, U.S. Attorney Will Thompson held a press conference with U.S. Trustee Program and law enforcement officials at the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston to announce the guilty plea by John H. Wellford III, 73, of Charleston, to falsification of bankruptcy records. U.S. Attorney Thompson during the press conference along with FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Kevin Rojek and Assistant U.S. Trustee Gary O. Kinder, who leads the United States Trustee’s Charleston field office. A press release for the guilty plea hearing is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/.... Related court documents and information can be found on PACER by searching for Case No. 2:24-cr-63.