WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:
A Chinese national was sentenced today in the Western District of North Carolina by U.S. District Judge Susan C. Rodriguez to 15 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $25 million for his role in a Chinese money laundering organization (CMLO) that laundered over $92 million in illicit funds, including proceeds from the importation and distribution of illegal drugs into the United States, primarily through Mexico.
"Chinese money laundering networks have become a key enabler to the Mexican cartels," said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "The organization eliminated by this prosec...