Kimmel case closed

February 14, 2009 – More than three years after it was filed, the U.S. Government case against Marina City resident Gary Kimmel has officially closed.

Gary Kimmel

The last documents were filed on February 11. They were “process receipts,” essentially receipts for court documents served at the FBI office in Chicago on February 10 by the U.S. Marshals Service. The documents pertain to Kimmel assets that were forfeited to cover $342,000 in restitution he must pay.

The assets included proceeds from the sale of six condominium units at Marina City, a 2001 Plymouth Prowler, computer equipment, and a coin collection.

Originally charged with money laundering and racketeering, the latter charge was dropped and Kimmel pleaded guilty on May 29, 2008 to money laundering in connection with an interstate prostitution ring. On November 20, Kimmel was sentenced to 37 months in a federal prison. He must report to prison – possibly a medium-security institution in Oxford, Wisconsin – on March 2, 2009. In the meantime, he is checking in with a pretrial services officer every two weeks.

Case 1:05-cr-00938, USA v. Kimmel, was filed on November 17, 2005 and terminated on January 13, 2009.