Delco Woman Pleads Guilty in $7.2 Million Money Laundering Scheme

PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Delaware County woman pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy that prosecutors say laundered more than $7.2 million in proceeds tied to pandemic relief fraud and business email compromise schemes.

Christina Williams, 31, of Drexel Hill, entered a guilty plea Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Joshua D. Wolson to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Federal prosecutors alleged Williams and her mother, Rosemarie Dixon, used sham businesses and a network of bank accounts to move fraud proceeds through financial institutions in the Philadelphia region between January 2020 and April 2021…

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