HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) – Former Hialeah Police Chief Sergio Velazquez was arrested on charges related to money laundering, organized fraud and grand theft, according to jail records.
State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Hialeah mayor are scheduled to hold a press conference Monday at 2 p.m. to provide more details on the arrest.
According to jail records, Velazquez, 61, was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Monday and faces charges of money laundering and evading registration reports involving more than $100,000, organized fraud exceeding $50,000, and first-degree grand theft involving more than $100,000…