MARYLAND (DC News Now) — Two Montgomery County men pleaded guilty to a multi-million dollar money laundering conspiracy, the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for Maryland said Thursday.
According to the USAO, 42-year-old Yahya “Cash” Sowe of Silver Spring, Md., admitted to serving as a manager or supervisor of the conspiracy, personally getting at least $1 million for his role and helping facilitate more than $11 million in money laundering. Officials said that this involved more than 12 different victims.
The USAO said that 32-year-old Victor Killen of Hyattsville, Md., admitted that at least $3 million in money laundering happened after he started directly participating in the conspiracy.
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According to the plea agreements, between 2021 and February 2024, Sowe worked with others to launder money from a large-scale wire fraud…