Former Drug Enforcement Administration official Paul Campo has been charged with planning to launder $12 million for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Campo was also charged with laundering $750,000 for JNGC using cryptocurrency. The Department of Justice announced the indictment on Friday, also naming associate Robert Sensi.
Campo worked for the DEA for 25 years, retiring in 2016 as deputy chief of the Office of Financial Operations. If convicted on the drug charges, Campo could face life in prison.
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DEA Administrator Terrance Cole, who took office in July after being Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s (R-VA) secretary of public safety, slammed Campo for his alleged corruption.
“The indictment of former Special Agent Paul Campo sends a powerful message: those who betray the public trust—past or present—will be held
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