A federal grand jury has indicted an Ellicott City man on 23 charges of wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in an obesity treatment clinic, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod Rosenstein announced Thursday.

The June 21 indictment was unsealed Thursday after the arrest of Wilkins McNair Jr., 48.

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