A 32-year-old Largo woman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for her role in a multi-million-dollar money laundering conspiracy that prosecutors say laundered proceeds from large-scale wire fraud schemes targeting government agencies, businesses and other organizations across the country.
U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox sentenced Fatoumata Boiro to two years in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. The court also ordered her to pay $6,838,558.31 in restitution. According to federal prosecutors, Boiro admitted that she personally participated in laundering at least $3 million in fraud proceeds between 2021 and February 2024.
Court records state that Boiro and multiple co-conspirators created shell companies, opened bank accounts in the names of those entities and used them to receive and move money obtained through wire fraud. Prosecutors said the scheme targeted numerous victims, including government agencies, an environmental trust, an urban redevelopment program, a medical center, a transportation and logistics company, a school district, a college and a county government…