13-07-2012, 04:12 AM
Bank Accounts Figure in Drug Probe
FBI Says Mexican Cartel Funneled Money Through Bank to Horse-Racing Firm
BY DAN FITZPATRICK
A Mexican cocaine-trafficking cartel used accounts at Bank of America Corp. to hide money and invest illegal drug-trade proceeds in U.S. racehorses, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.
The alleged ties between the violent drug gang known as Los Zetas and the second-largest U.S. bank by assets were described in a 35-page affidavit filed in federal court in Texas last month. According to an FBI agent, a horse-buying and training business created to launder drug money had accounts at the Charlotte, N.C., bank.
A U.S. citizen who is the brother of a top Zetas leader and allegedly served as the ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424...76442.html
FBI Says Mexican Cartel Funneled Money Through Bank to Horse-Racing Firm
BY DAN FITZPATRICK
A Mexican cocaine-trafficking cartel used accounts at Bank of America Corp. to hide money and invest illegal drug-trade proceeds in U.S. racehorses, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.
The alleged ties between the violent drug gang known as Los Zetas and the second-largest U.S. bank by assets were described in a 35-page affidavit filed in federal court in Texas last month. According to an FBI agent, a horse-buying and training business created to launder drug money had accounts at the Charlotte, N.C., bank.
A U.S. citizen who is the brother of a top Zetas leader and allegedly served as the ...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424...76442.html