CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced an admitted money launderer to eight years in prison - for laundering millions of dollars in Mexican drug money.
The man is 42-year-old Miguel Salinas Salcedo, and federal prosecutors said he's originally from Sinaloa - the Mexican state associated with the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel.
The U.S. Attorney's office said Salinas Salcedo arranged for pesos to be laundered in the U.S. - with cash dollar pickup points in Chicago, in Lansing, Illinois, and in Countryside.
It was almost $3 million in all and prosecutors said he offered associates jobs to pick up about $15 million more in laundered money.
The U.S. Attorney said Salinas Salcedo pleaded guilty to money laundering earlier this year. He was caught when two of the associates he used to pick up the dollars were actually undercover agents.
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