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League City Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Cocaine and Money Laundering Conspiracy
Will Johnson, a 32-year-old man from League City, Texas, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years of supervised release by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny for his involvement in a cocaine conspiracy and money laundering scheme.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Catherine Baumgarten, who handled the case, Johnson was a key player in a cocaine distribution ring that spanned from the Houston area to Buffalo and other parts of Western New York.
Law enforcement officers executed search warrants at two locations in Texas in July 2010, seizing cocaine, plastic wrappers consistent with packaging for multiple kilograms of cocaine, $55,000 in U.S. currency, a .44 caliber loaded handgun, and boxes of assorted ammunition.
The investigation also revealed that Johnson had deposited and transferred funds generated from his cocaine trafficking activities through and to various financial institutions.
Johnson used some of the proceeds from his cocaine sales to purchase a 2004 Escalade motor vehicle and make a down payment on his residence in League City, Texas. He will also forfeit $203,000 in cash as part of his sentence.
This conviction is one of 20 resulting from a large-scale drug investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Niagara County Drug Enforcement Task Force.
Johnson’s sentence serves as a reminder of the severity of the penalties for those involved in cocaine trafficking and money laundering schemes.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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