Robert GrahamThe owner of Rincon Musical, a money-transmitting business in Oakland, has been sentenced after being convicted of money laundering drug proceeds through his business.
Felipe de Jesus Ornelas Mora, 51, and his employees knowingly accepted large amounts of money from drug dealers, wiring it to Mexico and Honduras using other uninvolved customers' identities to disguise the actions and make the transactions look like routine remittances, according to federal authorities.
These transactions took place at the International Boulevard business from no later than September 2020 to August 2022.
The 51-year-old was convicted for conspiracy to commit money laundering and was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, and three years of supervised release.
Ornelas Mora and his employees would wire money totaling less than $3,000, which is below the federal threshold requiring businesses to report the transactions to the government.