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Albert City woman who bought house with cash sentenced for money laundering

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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.