Investigators from the Attorney Money Laundering prosecutors pointed out that this criminal group began operations in 2007 and laundered an estimated $ 3 million, which managed to deceive the members of a cooperative.
The seized in this case were identified as Otto Raúl Méndez Godoy, aka Coyote, alleged leader of the group; Brenda Marisol Marroquin, who is currently working as a nurse in the Guatemalan Institute of Social Security; Gerardo Emilio Galindo Marroquín and his wife, Sandy Orbelina Pérez , Fabián Pérez and José Cecilio Melendez Veliz Godoy.
The sources explained that these people paid to members of a cooperative who rent them and their bank accounts and depositing large sums of money. The abnormal movements were observed by means of controls that keeps the Special Inspectorate (IVE).
Detectives said detainees are being investigated for their possible links to drug trafficking structures in Mexico. According to police investigators, presumably members of the group paid $ 5000 the beneficiaries of the financial institution to enable their personal bank accounts.
Detailed news link (in Spanish): Red habría lavado US$3 millones (translated in English: click here)
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