Madison, WIS. — A Mexican citizen, Angelica Mendoza Rubio, 49, has been handed a five-year federal prison sentence for her pivotal role in an international money laundering scheme. The sentencing by U.S. District Judge Williams M. Conley comes after Mendoza Rubio pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit concealment money laundering on May 9, 2025.
Mendoza Rubio, once a certified accountant in Mexico, orchestrated the laundering of substantial funds through a complex web of money launderers in the United States. From December 2020 to April 2021, she converted bulk cash from the U.S. into Bitcoin, using shell companies and nominee account holders to hide the true source and ownership of the funds.
In December 2020 alone, Mendoza Rubio and her associates laundered approximately $240,000 from a wire fraud scheme targeting a business in Wisconsin’s Western District. Judge Conley found that she assisted in laundering over $5.1 million during the five-month conspiracy period.
During the sentencing hearing, Conley highlighted Mendoza Rubio’s expertise as an accountant and the sophisticated nature of the scheme in justifying her 5-year sentence. ‘Sophisticated money launderers like Mendoza Rubio help facilitate international criminal activity,’ Acting U.S. Attorney Chadwick M. Elgersma stated. ‘I commend the law enforcement agents who worked to bring her to justice.’
The case against Mendoza Rubio was the result of a joint investigation by Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Diplomatic Security Service. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Meredith P. Duchemin and Louis Glinzak were responsible for the prosecution.
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Key Facts
- State: Wisconsin
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes|Organized Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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