"Kimoto’s firm, Assail Inc. bilked 300,000 people out of a total of roughly $43 million in 2001 and 2002, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in East St. Louis, IL. The victims paid fees for credit cards they never received, the office added. Kimoto was convicted of 12 counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering."