![]() ![]() “As part of that settlement, HSBC-USA admitted that the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico and the Norte del Valle Cartel in Colombia laundered $881 million through its bank that was only detected retroactively,” Fagan said.įederal records show that during a two-year period, Ayala imported more than $130 million in American currency into the U.S. In August 2011, law enforcement created an undercover business in Orlando, and an undercover agent met Ayala. Negotiations followed, and the agent agreed to help Ayala and Prodira launder money by allowing the company to deposit cash into the undercover business bank account, the government alleges. The undercover agent – who received a 0.3 percent fee for his work with Prodira – would then wire the funds to various accounts designated by Ayala. “There was no legitimate business reason to transact business in such a circuitous manner,” prosecutors stated.Īt a meeting in Orlando in November 2011, Ayala told the undercover agent about a Miami businessman who owed him money. Ayala said there are people willing to kill or torture the businessman to retrieve the debt owed, court records allege.Īyala then said he had “used these methods to make three people in Mexico disappear.”Īyala and the undercover agent made nine deposits, totaling roughly $4 million, into the undercover business account from November 2011 to December 2011, prosecutors said.Īuthorities said that in January 2012, Prodira imported $2 million into Texas via private aircraft piloted by a company employee. Soon after, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized the cash from an armored vehicle. A police dog alerted on the money, indicating the cash was recently near drugs.
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