Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Southern District of California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Wells Fargo Personal Banker Indicted for Money Laundering
NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 15, 2018
SAN DIEGO – Luis Fernando Figueroa, a former Wells Fargo personal banker, was arrested yesterday by FBI agents and made his initial court appearance today on charges of participating in an international money laundering conspiracy. Figueroa’s apprehension marks the latest in a string of indictments and arrests tied to an international money laundering organization based in Tijuana, Mexico that operated primarily in San Diego, California. Between January and March of 2018, seven leaders of this organization were charged and arrested in San Diego. To date, five of the charged leaders have pleaded guilty.
According to the indictment and other public records, the international money laundering organization laundered approximately $19.6 million dollars in narcotics proceeds on behalf of Mexican-based drug trafficking organizations, including the Sinaloa Cartel, between 2014 and 2016. ...Continue article here
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