Corry Blue Evans has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his involvement in a sophisticated fraud and extortion scheme that targeted his own family. This deceitful scheme ultimately led to the embezzlement of more than $4 million.
Corry Blue Evans, a 31-year-old resident of New York, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his involvement in a complex fraud, extortion, and money laundering scheme. The scheme revolved around Evans’ brother impersonating a New York mobster in order to convince a Maryland man to embezzle over $4 million from his employer in Washington, D.C. Evans is the fifth individual to receive a sentence in connection with this case.
U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist of the FBI’s Washington Field Office Criminal Division made the announcement.
In January 2023, Evans admitted his guilt in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. U.S. District Court Judge Tanya S. Chutkan sentenced Evans to a prison term and mandated three years of supervised release. As part of his plea agreement, Evans is also obligated to pay $4,217,542.86 in restitution and a forfeiture money judgment of $772,500.
In April 2018, Evans and his older brothers Tony John Evans and Robert Evans, their parents Archie Kaslov and Candy Evans, and Robert Evans’ common-law ex-wife, Gina Rita Russell, were indicted by a federal grand jury on a range of charges.
According to the evidence presented by the government, a woman from New York collaborated with the Evans brothers, Kaslov, and Russell to extort money and gold bars from a man in Maryland. This scheme led the man from Maryland to commit embezzlement from his employer between January and March 2017. The embezzled funds were converted into cash and gold bars, which the man then delivered to various drop-off locations in New York, including a hotel room. The man believed that the funds were being given to mobsters to settle the New York woman’s debt. At one point during the scheme, Tony John Evans contacted the man over the phone and issued a threat, reminding him about his children’s school and his place of residence.
All the funds that the man embezzled and sent to New York were actually received by members of the Evans-Kaslov family. One instance of this was in January 2017 when Corry Evans assisted in cashing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cashier’s checks that were obtained using stolen funds. Corry Evans confessed to making multiple calls to an employee at a check cashing store, persuading him that the New York woman who wanted to cash the checks needed the money for personal reasons, even though Corry Evans knew this was untrue and that he and his family would ultimately benefit from the cash. Once the New York woman successfully cashed the checks at the store, she handed over all the money to the Evans brothers. Subsequently, Archie Kaslov drove the brothers to the New York diamond district, where Kaslov and others used the illicit funds to buy luxury watches.
In late January 2017, the man from Maryland made a trip to New York with around $500,000 in cash. During this time, members of the Evans/Kaslov family briefly trailed the man’s vehicle and even went as far as taking a photo of it. This photo was later shared with the man from Maryland, aiming to instill fear in him, making him believe that he was under constant surveillance by the mafia. After the man from Maryland successfully delivered the $500,000 in cash to a hotel room, a portion of the money was eventually transported to Corry Evans’ residence.
In March 2017, towards the end of the month, a man from Maryland took the initiative to deliver a substantial amount of gold bars, valued at well over $1 million, to a hotel room located in New York. The purpose behind this delivery was for the man, Corry Evans, along with his brothers and father, to discuss the possibility of selling the gold. Following this discussion, Corry Evans proceeded to visit a jewelry store in New York, carrying a sample of the gold with him in an attempt to sell it. Eventually, both his brothers, father, and himself successfully sold their gold to the same jeweler.
In May 2017, Corry Evans and his father made a trip to Texas. During their visit, Kaslov utilized the money obtained from the illegal activity to purchase a Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead for a staggering $315,000 in cash.
Corry Evans, a member of the Evans/Kaslov family, has recently been sentenced. Previously, Gina Russell, Tony John Evans, and Robert Evans had all pleaded guilty to the charge of interference with interstate commerce by extortion. The sentencing for Tony John Evans, aged 35, and Robert Evans, aged 36, was carried out by the Honorable Emmet G. Sullivan, who initially presided over the case before it was transferred to Judge Chutkan. They were both sentenced to five years in prison. As for Russell, who is 35 years old, the sentencing is yet to take place.
Archie Kaslov, aged 57, admitted his guilt in September 2020 for conspiring to commit wire fraud. Judge Sullivan handed down a 30-month prison sentence.
Candy Evans, aged 54, admitted her guilt in September 2020 for the offense of tampering with a witness through corrupt persuasion or misleading conduct. Judge Sullivan imposed a sentence of one year and a day in prison.
The FBI’s Washington Field Office conducted an investigation into this case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kondi Kleinman and former Assistant U.S. Attorney David B. Kent prosecuted the case. They received assistance from Assistant U.S. Attorneys Diane Lucas and Arvind Lal and Paralegal Specialist Angela De Falco, who provided support on forfeiture issues. Additionally, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Oliver McDaniel and Melissa Goforth Koenig helped with restraining funds.
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