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Rapid City Woman Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracies
Lisa Cuff, a 30-year-old woman from Rapid City, South Dakota, has been sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for her involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking and money laundering conspiracy.
Cuff was convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments in a federal court. U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier handed down the sentence on July 26, 2021.
The conviction for methamphetamine distribution involved an agreement between Cuff and at least one other person to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture of a substance containing methamphetamine in the District of South Dakota. Methamphetamine is a Schedule II controlled substance.
The money laundering conviction stemmed from Cuff’s involvement in combining, conspiring, confederating, and agreeing together with others to knowingly conduct and attempt to conduct money transfers at financial institutions and transporting case drug proceeds.
This case was investigated by the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, the Sioux Falls Area Drug Task Force, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tamara Nash and Mark Hodges prosecuted the case.
Cuff was immediately turned over to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service after the sentencing. She will also serve five years of supervised release on each count to run concurrently, and a special assessment to the Federal Crime Victims Fund in the amount of $200.
Lisa Cuff’s guilty plea was entered on March 8, 2021, after she was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 20, 2020. The incidents involved in the conspiracy took place from an unknown date until approximately July 2020.
Key Facts
- State: South Dakota
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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