BALTIMORE, Md. – Yahya “Cash” Sowe, 42, of Silver Spring, Maryland, and Victor Killen, 32, of Hyattsville, Maryland, pled guilty to conspiring to engage in a large, multi-member, money laundering conspiracy.
As part of his guilty plea, Sowe admitted that he served as a manager or supervisor of the money laundering conspiracy, personally obtained at least $1 million for participating in the conspiracy, and helped facilitate more than $11 million of money laundering, involving more than 12 different victim entities. Killen admitted as part of his plea that at least $3 million in money laundering occurred pursuant to his direct participation in the conspiracy.
Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the guilty plea with Acting Special Agent in Charge Evan Campanella, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) – Maryland; Special Agent in Charge Kareem A. Carter, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) – Washington, D.C. Field Office; and Acting Special Agent in Charge George Golliday, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Inspector General (EPA-OIG)…