WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - James Sutherland, 77, a citizen of the United Kingdom, made his initial appearance on an indictment on Monday, U.S.Attorney Eric Grant announced.
On June 25, 2026, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of California returned an indictment charging Sutherland with four counts of money laundering. Sutherland is the Chairman of the Zetland Fiduciary Group, a financial services business, with locations in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, and Dubai.
According to the indictment, on multiple occasions, Sutherland laundered funds which had been represented to be, and which he b...