United States of America v. Melissa G. McClain

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1201.

Defendant and others learned that a group of drug traffickers had offered a bounty for a particular person, whom the group suspected
of having stolen 50 kilograms of cocaine that belonged to them. McClain met with some of her co-conspirators in Quebec, where they
agreed to kidnap the target’s grandparents, in an effort to trade them for the target and collect the bounty. On t he night of September 27, 2020, McClain and the other kidnappers went to the grandparents’ Comment

The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 188 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

Affirmed on appeal.