Hason Tatorian “Tory” Fields, a 51-year-old resident of Goose Creek, has admitted guilt to charges involving conspiracy to commit bribery and honest services wire fraud. The case centers on efforts to influence a member of the North Charleston City Council regarding the rezoning of the Baker Hospital site.
According to evidence presented in court, Fields worked with others to pay bribes to Sandino Moses, who was then serving as the council representative for District 7. The bribes were intended to secure Moses’s support for the pending rezoning application before the council.
Fields could face up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted on all counts. He may also be subject to a fine as high as $250,000, restitution payments, and three years of supervised release following any prison term. United States District Judge Richard M. Gergel accepted Fields’s guilty plea and will determine sentencing after reviewing a report from the U.S. Probation Office.
The FBI Columbia Field Office and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Emily Limehouse and Whit Sowards are prosecuting the case.
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