Tuesday, April 14, 2015 | 10:35 p.m.
A 26-year-old Las Vegas man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges including conspiracy to launder money and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in connection with a drug shipping operation, according to the office of U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden.
Damien Williams pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, one count of conspiracy to launder money and one count of aggravated identity theft in connection with the scheme, Bogden said in a news release.
Williams accepted a plea agreement stating he obtained a Nevada ID, rented an apartment, got an automobile loan and opened bank accounts in the name “Goldie Cage,” the release said.
He used the bank accounts to collect about $856,000 in payment for controlled substances sent to people in Tennessee and Texas between May 2012 and October 2013, the release said.
The substances mailed included codeine and marijuana, the release said.
Payments and withdrawals were made in amounts less than $10,000 to skirt bank reporting requirements, the release said.
“As this case shows, using a false identity and structuring your bank deposits is not going to go unnoticed by our investigators,” Bogden said in the release.
Williams is scheduled to be sentenced July 22, the office said.
He faces fines up to $1 million, a maximum of 20 years in prison for the distribution and laundering accounts, and two consecutive years on the aggravated identity theft count, the release said.
IRS Criminal Investigation, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Henderson Police investigated the case, the release said.
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