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A Wells Fargo personal banker pleaded guilty to helping launder millions of dollars for drug traffickers like the Sinaloa cartel
A Wells Fargo personal banker pleaded guilty on Thursday to knowingly opening bank accounts for people working with the Sinaloa cartel. Thirty-year-old Luis Figueroa of Tijuana admitted he took part in the money laundering scheme that stretched across the US. Between 2014 and 2016, money laundering organizations recruited people who would open bank accounts for the cartel's drug money, according to the US Attorney's Office in the Southern District of California. The operation laundered over $19 million dollars in narcotics proceeds. The drug money would be deposited into the bank accounts, also known as "funnel ... (full story)