Albert City woman who bought house with cash sentenced for money laundering
January 6th, 2022 by Ric Hanson
(Radio Iowa) – A northwest Iowa woman has been sentenced to 30 days in federal prison after pleading guilty to money laundering.Twenty-three-year-old Yesenia Ledesma-Ledezma, of Albert City, has agreed to forfeit the house she bought in April of last year with 65-thousand dollars in cash. According to a plea agreement, she admits smuggling counterfeit goods into the country and selling them for a profit.
A news release from U.S. Attorney’s Office indicated the value of those smuggled goods was 370-thousand dollars.