Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman
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Location | Sumter County, Florida |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Low-security |
Population | 1,860 |
Managed by | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Coleman Low is a low-security United States federal prison in Florida. It is part of the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Coleman) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
The complex consists of three facilities:
- Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman Low (FCI Coleman Low): a low-security facility.
- Federal Correctional Institution, Coleman Medium (FCI Coleman Medium): a medium-security facility.
FCC Coleman is located in central Florida approximately 50 miles northwest of Orlando, 60 miles northeast of Tampa, and 35 miles south of Ocala.[1]
Notable incidents
In early 2000, federal investigators discovered that inmate Roy Ageloff was directing fraudulent activities from FCI Coleman. Ageloff, a former stockbroker, was convicted of money laundering in 1998 for masterminding a securities manipulation scheme in the 1990s which swindled thousands of investors out of millions of dollars. An investigation uncovered that Ageloff was continuing to give his co-conspirators, including his brother, instructions regarding the management, transfer, concealment and investment of proceeds from the scheme. Ageloff gave these instructions during prison visits, recorded telephone conversations, and through prison e-mail. Ageloff’s co-conspirators continued to receive criminal proceeds in the form of cash payments and checks. In August 2000, Ageloff pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges and was subsequently sentenced to 96 months in federal prison. Ageloff’s brother, Michael Ageloff, pleaded guilty to money laundering and received a 48-month sentence in 2009.[2][3]
Notable inmates
Current
Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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Ghassan Elashi | 29687-177 | Serving a 65-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2069. | Former Chairman of the Holy Land Foundation; convicted in 2008 of providing material support for terrorism charges for funneling money to the terrorist organization Hamas. Four co-conspirators were also convicted.[4][5] |
Justin Volpe | 49477-053 | Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2025.[6] | Former New York City Police officer; convicted in 1999 of torturing prisoner Abner Louima in the bathroom of the 70th Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn, New York in 1997 in one of the most high-profile cases of police brutality in US history.[7] |
Michael Conahan | 15009-067 | Serving a 17-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2026.[8] | Former juvenile court judge involved in the Kids for Cash scandal; convicted of racketeering in 2011 of taking money from the developer of two for-profit prisons in return for sentencing juveniles to serve time in those prisons.[9] |
Terry Flenory | 32454-044 | Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2032. | Co-founder of the Black Mafia Family criminal organization; pleaded guilty in 2007 to leading a national drug trafficking operation based in Detroit, Michigan with his brother, Demetrius Flenory, who was also sentenced to 30 years.[10] |
Matthew Bevan Cox | 40171-018 | Serving a 26-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2029.[11] | Former mortgage broker and US Secret Service Most Wanted fugitive; pleaded guilty in 2007 to masterminding a mortgage fraud scheme, stealing $15 million from 100 victims in eight states; the story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed. |
Clayton Roueche | 36994-177 | Serving a 30-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2034.[12] | Leader of the United Nations gang, a violent Canadian-based criminal organization; pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering in 2009.[13][14] |
James Nichols | 24268-112 | Serving a 24-year sentence; scheduled for release in 2024. | Convicted in 2003 of orchestrating the Miracle cars scam, one of the largest advance fee frauds in US history, during which 4,000 people bought cars that did not exist, losing over $21 million; the story was featured on the CNBC television show American Greed.[15][16] |
Former
Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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Mark Weinberger | 10609-027 | Released from custody in 2015; served 5 years.[17] | Former surgeon and international fugitive; pleaded guilty to health care fraud in 2010 for making $30 million by billing insurers for unnecessary and nonexistent surgeries; the story was featured on the CNBC television program American Greed.[18][19][20][21] |
Ruben Zuno-Arce | 43203-080 | Died in custody in 2012 while serving a life sentence.[22] | Drug cartel figures convicted in connection with the 1985 kidnapping and murder of US Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Enrique Camarena.[23] |
Linda Schrenko | 56443-019 | Released from custody in August 2013; served 6 years.[24] | Georgia Superintendent of Schools from 1994 to 2004; pleaded guilty in 2006 to fraud and money laundering for embezzling over $600,000 in federal education funds.[25] |
See also
References
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