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FOR INTERSTATE TRAVEL IN AID OF AN UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY
Gulfport, Miss. – Inocensio Villarreal, 40, of Lantana, Florida, was sentenced today by Chief U. S. District Judge Louis Guirola to 30 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for interstate travel in aid of an unlawful activity, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis. Villarreal was also ordered to pay a $4,000.00 fine.
On June 26, 2013, Villarreal, a U.S. citizen, was stopped by law enforcement officers on I-10 in Jackson County, Mississippi. A search of his van produced wrapped bundles of U.S. currency totaling $414,450. The investigation revealed that Villarreal traveled in interstate commerce through Texas, Georgia, and Mississippi, knowingly engaging in acts to promote and carry on an unlawful activity; that is, the transporting of currency, or bulk cash smuggling, in furtherance of the business of a drug trafficking organization.
This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrea Jones and Stan Harris.