A Brazilian man pleaded guilty with two cases of “conspiracy” and “money laundering” after he hid $17 million worth of money underneath his mattress. Last Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, (American time) Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha, pleaded guilty in one of the courts in Boston, Massachusetts.
The money that was laundered was acquired by Rocha’s friend, Carlos Wanzeler who was one of the people who established TelexFree Inc. The company in question embezzled money from the people who joined them. In 2014, TelexFree Inc. finally shut down. Rocha became an accomplice when he helped his friend take the money off US territory.
A total of $3 billion was the amount of money stolen from at least 1.8 million people from across the globe. TelexFree American co-founder James Merrill was quickly arrested by the authorities last 2014 and was sentenced up to six years in prison last March. On the other hand, Wanzeler flew to Brazil and left the remaining millions of money, that they have illegally acquired, in the United States. According to ABS-CBN News, the American authorities did a surveillance on Rocha until he was arrested while he was on his way to an apartment complex in Westborough, Massachusetts.
It was said that Rocha willingly confessed to the authorities the location of the stolen money. He then revealed that he hid the remaining $17 million under his mattress. Rocha is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec 7, 2017. Criminals who are accused of money laundering are usually sentenced to 20 years in prison. However, it can be decreased to just 40 months in prison should he choose to coordinate with the authorities in finding his accomplices.
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