A Pennsylvania man was sentenced on October 20, 2023, to 262 months behind bars by United States District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson for drug trafficking and money laundering.
Dwayne Sherman, 49, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was found guilty on all charges, including money laundering and drug trafficking conspiracy in September 2022.
Sherman conspired with Mexican cartel members from 2012 to 2018, and was caught by the FBI in 2015-2016, in an undercover sting operation where Sherman tried to send $550,000 in cash back to Mexico.
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Sherman was also captured by police in Los Angeles, California, smuggling two kilograms of cocaine.
Evidence was introduced at trial that Sherman regularly traveled to Mexico and developed a relationship with a Mexican drug trafficking group.
Money owed was smuggled across the border and deposited into corrupt Casa de Cambio or exchanges in Tijuana, Mexico.
The drugs were then smuggled back into the United States through a variety of means.
At sentencing, Judge Wilson found that Sherman was responsible for approximately 46 kilograms of cocaine, and with smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. She also made the finding that Sherman possessed guns as part of the drug trafficking activities.
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