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Ex-Honduran minister gets nearly two-and-a-half years prison in U.S. drug case
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS JANUARY 19, 2018 / 1:24 PM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Ex-Honduran minister gets nearly two-and-a-half years prison in U.S. drug case
Brendan Pierson
3 MIN READ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former member of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s cabinet was sentenced by a New York federal judge to nearly 2-1/2 years in prison on Friday, after pleading guilty to attempting to launder drug money from the Central American country.
Yankel Rosenthal, who served as minister of investment under Hernandez, received his 29-month term from U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan. He was also fined $50,000.
Rosenthal, 49, pleaded guilty in August, admitting that he tried to buy a property for $1 million in Florida on behalf of a lawyer he knew in Honduras.
He said he knew the lawyer did business with drug traffickers and suspected the money was from drug sales, but went ahead with the deal anyway, planning to take a commission for himself.
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Ex-Honduran minister gets nearly two-and-a-half years prison in U.S. drug case
Brendan Pierson
3 MIN READ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former member of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s cabinet was sentenced by a New York federal judge to nearly 2-1/2 years in prison on Friday, after pleading guilty to attempting to launder drug money from the Central American country.
Yankel Rosenthal, who served as minister of investment under Hernandez, received his 29-month term from U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan. He was also fined $50,000.
Rosenthal, 49, pleaded guilty in August, admitting that he tried to buy a property for $1 million in Florida on behalf of a lawyer he knew in Honduras.
He said he knew the lawyer did business with drug traffickers and suspected the money was from drug sales, but went ahead with the deal anyway, planning to take a commission for himself.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-honduras-moneylaundering/ex-honduran-minister-gets-nearly-two-and-a-half-years-prison-in-u-s-drug-case-idUSKBN1F82C1
