Money laundering

June 16, 2008 -- RIVERSIDE -- California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and Riverside District Attorney Rod Pacheco today announced a 37-count indictment against Mark Anthony Leggio, James Lloyd Deremiah, and father-son team Nicola Cacucciolo, and Nick Vito Cacucciolo, for exceeding $3,300 Senate and Assembly campaign contribution limits by laundering money through various friends and associates.

“Leggio contributed $50,000 in excess of campaign contribution limits to six candidates for Senate, Assembly and Board of Equalization by filtering money through friends and associates,” Attorney General Brown said. “Today’s charges send a strong message that the state will crack down on those who try to exceed California’s campaign finance limits.”    » read more »

Drug trafficking ring brought narcotics to Jacksonville from Atlanta

August 17, 2007 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Georgia man was convicted of conspiracy to traffic more than 400 grams cocaine and money laundering in a multi-state narcotics trafficking ring prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution.    » read more »

June 25, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – A former Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserves was sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy and money laundering scheme involving contracts in the reconstruction of Iraq, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.    » read more »

June 4, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – United States Congressman William J. Jefferson was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges including bribery and racketeering for allegedly using his office to corruptly solicit bribes and for paying bribes to a foreign official, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today.    » read more »