Editing Tim Montgomery (section)

==Money laundering charge==
In April 2006, Montgomery was indicted and arrested on fraud charges for his alleged involvement in a [[money laundering]] scheme. He was accused of depositing three bogus checks totaling $775,000.<ref name="Wallechinsky">{{cite book|author=Wallechinsky, David|title=The Book of Olympic Lists|year=2012|publisher=Aurum Press Ltd|location=London|isbn=9781845137731|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bookofolympiclis0000wall/page/234 234]|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofolympiclis0000wall/page/234}}</ref> Montgomery allegedly received $20,000 for his participation. His former coach, [[Steve Riddick]], was also a defendant in the case.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Sprinter-arrested-in-fraud-scheme-1202269.php|title=Sprinter arrested in fraud scheme|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|author=Caruso, David B.|date=April 28, 2006|access-date=October 11, 2019}}</ref>

Riddick served a prison term of five years and three months. Marion Jones served a six-month prison term for lying to investigators about the check-fraud scam.<ref name="Sentenced">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7182969.stm|title=Six-month jail sentence for Jones|date=January 11, 2008|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2008-01-11}}</ref><ref name="Released">{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=3570875&type=story |title=Marion Jones released from Texas federal prison |date=September 5, 2008 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN}}</ref>

Montgomery pleaded guilty to the charges on April 9, 2007. He was sentenced to 46 months in prison on May 16, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/ex-olympian-tim-montgomery-pleads-guilty-in-multimillion-dollar-fraud-scheme|title=Ex-Olympian Tim Montgomery Pleads Guilty in Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Scheme|website=[[Fox News]]|agency=[[Fox News]]/Associated Press|date=April 10, 2007|access-date=October 11, 2019}}</ref>