Money Laundering Scheme Acquittal
Client Acquitted On Federal Charges of Money Laundering Scheme
A federal jury in Miami, Florida found our firm's client not guilty on a money laundering scheme charge. The defense team contended that the client had no intention of breaking the law and was a victim of a sting by a joint federal and state task force (FBI, IRS, Miami Police Department and Dade County Police Department). He was accused of attempting to sell a $700,000 Ferrari to an undercover agent in an alleged money-laundering scheme. The prosecution wanted the defendant to provide information to the FBI for a plea bargain to a lesser offense and testify against others, but our client would not plead to something he did not do. Instead, Attorney Raipher D. Pellegrino tried the case in the Miami Federal Court asserting that his client had been entrapped by the government and state agents. After a week-long trial, our client was found not guilty by the jury on all charges. The federal prosecutor in this case had successfully prosecuted Manuel Noriega and had not lost a case in 19 years prior to this trial.
Result: Acquittal.
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