Overview

• Octavia Monique Graham allegedly laundered about $1.03 million for Isaiah Williams between October 2019 and September 2021 using handwritten checks and Zelle transfers.
• Isaiah Williams is accused of siphoning $1.58 million from Jones’s accounts through 133 wire transfers to his American Express cards from January 2022 to March 2024.
• FINRA permanently barred Williams for misappropriation of client funds, unsuitable investment advice and undisclosed outside business activities.
• Graham remains in custody on a $75,000 bond while Williams is still at large and Jones has filed a civil lawsuit against Merrill Lynch to recover the stolen funds.
• Investigators say Jones never met Graham, indicating that Williams used her as an unseen conduit to obscure the flow of embezzled money.