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An Illinois man already sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana was sentenced Tuesday to more than five years for a $3.2 million money laundering scheme tied to the drug trafficking.
Edward Trober, 56, of Collinsville, Ill., pleaded guilty in April. Trober admitted that the money was generated in part by his involvement in the marijuana conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway said.
Trober was sentenced last week in federal court in East St. Louis, Ill., on the marijuana distribution charges. In that case, Trober said he and others distributed up to 30,000 kilograms of marijuana dating to 1994.
The sentences will run concurrently.
In the Missouri case, authorities said Trober and an accomplice, attorney Thomas Utterback, took $3.2 million out of the country to Panama and then to Switzerland in 1997.
Utterback pleaded guilty in 1998.
The money remains in Switzerland. As part of Trober's sentencing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Charles Shaw ordered the money forfeited to the U.S.
Newshawk: Freaktan - 420Times.com
Source: The Belleville News-Democrat and The Associated Press
Copyright: 2005 The Associated Press and Knight-Ridder
Contact: letters@bnd.com.
Website: https://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/12515532.htm
Author: Staff - The Associated Press and Belleville News-Democrat
Edward Trober, 56, of Collinsville, Ill., pleaded guilty in April. Trober admitted that the money was generated in part by his involvement in the marijuana conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway said.
Trober was sentenced last week in federal court in East St. Louis, Ill., on the marijuana distribution charges. In that case, Trober said he and others distributed up to 30,000 kilograms of marijuana dating to 1994.
The sentences will run concurrently.
In the Missouri case, authorities said Trober and an accomplice, attorney Thomas Utterback, took $3.2 million out of the country to Panama and then to Switzerland in 1997.
Utterback pleaded guilty in 1998.
The money remains in Switzerland. As part of Trober's sentencing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Charles Shaw ordered the money forfeited to the U.S.
Newshawk: Freaktan - 420Times.com
Source: The Belleville News-Democrat and The Associated Press
Copyright: 2005 The Associated Press and Knight-Ridder
Contact: letters@bnd.com.
Website: https://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/12515532.htm
Author: Staff - The Associated Press and Belleville News-Democrat
