Overview
- U.S. Marshals arrested Zachary Chapman, 34, and booked him into a federal facility in Spartanburg.
- A 22-page indictment alleges he founded and led Dirty Money Entertainment, described as a street gang active across South Carolina.
- Prosecutors say many counts arise from a 2021 plot to kill a rival after the theft of a diamond chain in Columbia.
- He faces nine federal charges, including RICO conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, multiple firearm offenses, use of interstate commerce facilities in a murder-for-hire, causing death through use of a firearm, and a Hobbs Act conspiracy.
- Chapman pleaded not guilty at an initial appearance on Wednesday, and prosecutors are seeking to keep him detained pending trial.