Convicted — awaiting sentencing
Walter Veintemilla
- Status
- Convicted at trial May 8, 2026 — awaiting sentencing; faces life (NOT yet sentenced)
- Role in the case
- The financier: his $175,000 line of credit to CTU — itself funded, the jury heard, with others' PPP/EIDL proceeds — bankrolled the operation, and he supplied money for ammunition. On learning of the killing he allegedly called Moïse “the rat” who was “in the box.” Convicted May 8, 2026.
- Background
- Ecuadorian-American from Weston, Florida, 54 at his February 2023 arrest; principal of Worldwide Capital Lending Group.
Source:DOJ verdict release
In the timeline
February 14, 2023
Third superseding indictment: 11 charged, four Florida arrests
Source:DOJ, Feb 14 2023
July 23, 2026
Harricharan sentenced to 20 years — money laundering, not murder
Source:DOJ, Jul 23 2026
September 2026 (reported)
Sentencing of the four May convicts delayed until early February 2027
Source:Reuters