Newark, NJ A Newark man was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for his role in a large international money laundering conspiracy and using a stolen identity in furtherance of the scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
Edwin Deleon-Batista previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and one count of identity fraud. Judge Hayden imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court.
According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:
From March 2018 through October 2019, Deleon-Batista laundered over $23 million in cash drug proceeds on behalf of a money laundering organization with close ties to drug trafficking organizations in the Dominican Republic and elsewhere. Deleon-Batista picked up large amounts of cash drug proceeds in New Jersey, New York, and Florida and laundered it by purchasing cashier s chec
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A Newark man admitted that he laundered $23 million for a Dominican drug network while awaiting trial for doing it before.
Edwin Deleon-Batista, 37, told a federal judge in Newark that he collected huge amounts of cash from drug sales in New Jersey, New York, and Florida and converted them to cashier’s checks at local banks.
Deleon-Batista was free on bond for federal money laundering charges following his arrest in New York in April 2019, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachel A. Honig said.
Soon after, he “began using a stolen identity and obtained a fraudulent Florida driver’s license to continue the money laundering scheme,” she said.
NEWARK, NJ A Newark man admitted to participating in a large international money laundering conspiracy and using a stolen identity to advance the scheme, authorities said Thursday.
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