Irvin Mayfield at the New Orleans Jazz Market in 2014. Photo by Brandt Vicknair.

DEVELOPING: Irvin Mayfield Indicted On 19 Counts By Federal Grand Jury

Big news is breaking as embattled trumpeter Irvin Mayfield has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 19 counts including fraud, conspiracy and money laundering.

As reported by WWL-TV, the Grammy-winning musician and former New Orleans Jazz Orchestra director has come under indictment due to illegal financial dealings including his having ” used his position running the city’s public library support charity to funnel money to a jazz orchestra he founded, to another nonprofit bank account he controlled and, in some cases, to directly feed his lavish lifestyle.”

As readers will likely remember, OffBeat.com previously reported on Mayfield’s professional woes including the report that he spent $18,000 of library foundation money on a personal trip. Following that news, he resigned as director of NOJO, after an investigation done by WWL-TV, it was found that Irvin Mayfield moved $660,000 from the Library Foundation to help with the cost for the Jazz Market project which was $10 million. He had also moved another $197,000 in 2013.

According to WWL, both Mayfield and his longtime partner Ronald Markham are being indicted on “one count conspiracy, four counts wire fraud, one count mail fraud, one count money laundering conspiracy, 11 counts money laundering and one count obstruction of justice.”