Jun. 5, 2025
Mexico City attorney pleads guilty to laundering $52M for Sinaloa Cartel
Hector Alejandro Paez Garcia admitted to using San Diego shell companies and cryptocurrency, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California announced. The plea comes amid a multi-agency crackdown on transnational organized crime.
A Mexico City attorney has admitted to laundering more than $52 million in drug proceeds for the Sinaloa Cartel through shell companies and cryptocurrency in a sprawling, international criminal conspiracy, Southern District of California prosecutors announced Friday.
Hector Alejandro Paez Garcia, 43, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport, transmit and transfer illicit funds as part of a Mexico-based money laundering organization. According to prosecutors, Paez managed the ope...
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