(Photo by Ihlas Haber Ajansı published with its permission.) In this September 2017 photo, Jacob Ortell Kingston, left, the chief executive of Washakie Renewable Energy, meets with Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, chief executive of SBK Holding, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Caglar Sendil, the president of Mega Varlik Corporation. According to the Turkish news agency Ihlas Haber Ajansı, the four discussed Washakie and SBK's planned investments in Turkey. In August of 2018, Kingston was indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on charges of fraud and money laundering. His brother Isaiah Kingston was indicted for money laundering.