Six Passaic County Residents Charged In $27 Million Money Laundering Conspiracy
NEWARK, N.J. – Six Passaic County, New Jersey, residents were charged today for their roles in a large-scale money laundering and illegal money transmitting scheme, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
The defendants are each charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to launder drug proceeds and one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business:
• Felicia Almonte, 54, Passaic, New Jersey
• Erickson Checo-Almonte, 29, Passaic
• Julio De La Cruz-Acosta, 40, Paterson, New Jersey
• Willy Cruz-Bonilla, 22, Paterson
• Jordano Abreu-Diaz, 24, Paterson
• Enmanuel Nunez-Reyes, 26, Paterson
All defendants except Abreu-Diaz are scheduled to make their initial appearances this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark in Newark federal court. Abreu-Diaz is expected to appear before Judge Clark later this week.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
The defendants were part of a large-scale money laundering conspiracy that used the U.S. banking system to convert over $27 million in cash from illegal drug sales in New Jersey and New York into cashier’s checks.
Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/six-passaic-county-residents-charged-27-million-money-laundering-conspiracy