Former police officer turned gang leader Jimmy Chérizier was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, August 12. The announcement was made by prosecutor Jeanine Pirro. Following this announcement, the FBI offered a $5 million reward for any information leading to his arrest. In addition to the leader of the “Viv Ansanm” coalition, naturalized U.S. citizen Bazile Richardson was also charged by the grand jury.

According to federal authorities, who made the indictment public before a federal court in Washington, D.C., Chérizier and Richardson, a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina, led a conspiracy to transfer money from the United States to Chérizier to fund his criminal activities in Haiti, in violation of U.S. sanctions imposed on him.