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Dallas Couple Sentenced for Interfering with Feds
A previously-convicted husband and wife from Dallas have been sentenced to additional time in federal prison for admitting to selling property the government had planned to seize in connection with a marijuana trafficking and money laundering investigation.
Griselda Hernandez, 36, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison, with seven of those months to be served consecutive to the current 57-month federal sentence she is presently serving following her guilty plea in 2013 to one count of money laundering stemming from her role in the marijuana trafficking conspiracy.
Her husband, Andres Hernandez, Jr., a/k/a “Gordo,” 36, was also sentenced to 15 months in federal prison with seven of those months to be served consecutive to the current 300-month sentence he is presently serving after pleading guilty in 2013 to one count of conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and one count of money laundering.
The Hernandez’s each pleaded guilty last year to one count of destruction or removal of property to prevent seizure.
Andres and Griselda Hernandez were initially indicted in October 2012, along with 16 other individuals, for their roles in a marijuana distribution conspiracy. They had been using their residence to sell and distribute multi-pound quantities of marijuana, and Griselda would occasionally assist her husband by collecting drug proceeds.
The October 2012 indictment contained a forfeiture notice that informed the Hernandez’s that the government would seek forfeiture from them of the Barry, Texas property that had been purchased with illegal drug sales proceeds. The Hernandez’s agreed with and consented to the forfeiture.
However, in October 2013, Andres and Griselda Hernandez sold the property for $20,000 and signed a warranty deed transferring the property title to the buyers, in an attempt to prevent and impair the government’s lawful authority to take that property into its custody and control.
The United States Marshals Service and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation investigated the case. Criminal Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Chad Meacham was in charge of the prosecution.
Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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