Organized Crime - Page 48

May 3, 2016

Feds charge ex-bank president, others with laundering money for drug cartels in Kansas

A former bank president and two of his customers allegedly conspired to launder drug money in Kansas for Mexican cartels, while two former employees of the small southwest Kansas bank failed to report the suspicious financial transactions, according to charges unsealed Tuesday.

May 3, 2016

2 National Guardsmen charged with selling guns to agent posing as Mexican drug cartel member

Two members of the National Guard in San Diego County were arrested Wednesday and charged with illegally selling guns, ammunition and body armor to an undercover federal agent posing as a member of a Mexican drug cartel.

May 3, 2016

National Guardsmen charged with selling guns to agent posing as Mexican drug cartel member

Two U.S. Army National Guardsmen in San Diego County were arrested Wednesday and charged with illegally selling guns, ammunition and body armor to an undercover federal agent posing as a member of a Mexican drug cartel.

May 3, 2016

Police: Mother, high-schooler son charged with running heroin ring in Massachusetts

A Massachusetts woman and her high school student son are charged with running a heroin ring from their apartment, allegedly stashing the drugs in a shoebox in the 16-year-old's closet.

May 3, 2016

Man who pleaded guilty to role in Sinaloa drug cartel conspiracy faces 11 years at sentencing

A man who pleaded guilty to his role in one of the world's most notorious drug cartels faces more than 11 years in prison when he's sentenced by a New Hampshire federal judge.

May 3, 2016

32 in US, Mexico accused in Chicago in gold-for-cash scheme to wash Sinaloa cartel profits

Prosecutors in Chicago say 32 people from the U.S. and Mexico face charges in a more than $100 million gold-for-cash scheme to launder Sinaloa drug cartel profits.

May 3, 2016

Chicago mobster, priest, Stradivarius violin to feature at chaplain's federal trial

A convicted mobster, a Roman Catholic priest and a Stradivarius violin will be taking center stage in a Chicago courtroom.

May 3, 2016

Affidavit: Cartels laundering drug proceeds in US, Kansas amid tightened Mexican banking laws

A federal Drug Enforcement Agency affidavit obtained by The Associated Press says a Mexican cartel is suspected of laundering $2 million in drug proceeds through a small southwest Kansas bank to avoid tighter restrictions on U.S. currency in its home country.

May 3, 2016

Closing arguments scheduled in trial of Pennsylvania man with bodies in yard

Lawyers are scheduled to give closing arguments in the trial of a Pennsylvania man charged with strangling a pharmacist and the pharmacist's girlfriend more than a dozen years ago.

May 3, 2016

Inmate at center of gang-led corruption scandal at Baltimore jail sentenced to 12 years

The gang member who prosecutors say dealt drugs, impregnated four guards and oversaw a drug-smuggling operation while incarcerated at a Baltimore jail has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.