WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:
A Brazilian man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to launder the proceeds of drug trafficking, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida accepted the guilty plea today. On June1, the district court also accepted the guilty pleas of five co-defendants.
According to court documents, Omar Aliperti De Mello Correa, 34, a U.S.citizen residing in Orlando; Ygor Fokin Saviolli, 35, a Brazilian national; Gabriel Cezar Menezes, 29, a Brazilian national; Joao Andrade De Mello, 29, a Brazilian national; Tadeu Sebastiane Rabelo Alves Barbosa, 30, a Brazilian national; and Leandro De Avila Goncalves, 42, a Brazilian n...