Two residents of Ligonier, Pa., have been sentenced in federal court on their conviction of conspiracy to commit money laundering, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. Karla S. Podlucky was sentenced to 51 months incarceration and G. Jesse Podlucky was sentenced to 108 months incarceration. Both were taken into custody after sentencing.
Senior United States District Judge Alan N. Bloch imposed the sentences on G. Jesse Podlucky, 31, and Karla S. Podlucky, 50.
According to information presented to the court, the defendants laundered funds obtained by arranging the sale of jewelry at Sotheby’s auctions in New York City in October 2009 and April 2010. They had earlier purchased the jewelry with money fraudulently taken from a bottling company, LeNature’s Inc., based in Latrobe, Pa. LeNature’s went into bankruptcy in November 2006, and is currently under liquidation.
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