Key Facts

• The jury spent over 30 hours deciding on charges after a three-week trial.
• Alfortish was found guilty of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, two counts of mail fraud, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering.
• The jury could not decide on five murder-related charges, leading the judge to declare a mistrial on those counts.
• Parker had already pleaded guilty to conspiracy and two mail fraud counts and faces up to 60 years in prison.
• The case is linked to "Operation Sideswipe," a large fraud ring where people caused fake accidents with big trucks to claim insurance money.
• The murder charges involved the killing of Cornelius Garrison, who was reportedly cooperating with the FBI about the fraud scheme.
• Prosecutors said Alfortish paid Parker to kill Garrison after learning he was talking to investigators.
• Defense attorneys claimed the murder evidence was not convincing and that their clients were not guilty of the killings.