SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — An illegal alien from Mexico and former Salt Lake County business owner admitted to her involvement in laundering more than $17 million in drug proceeds.
Georgina Espinoza-Grajeda, 43, of Eagle Mountain, pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder monetary instruments. She is scheduled to be sentenced on December 14.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Utah, said Espinoza-Grajeda was the operator of Multiservicios Lokos, LLC, the operating business for the Money Service Business side of Antojitos Lokos.
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She, along with her co-conspirators, allegedly conducted financial transactions affecting interstate commerce with the intent to promote the distribution of controlled substances. She received cash proceeds from the drug sales and sent wire transfers through Antojitos Lokos, a press release states.
Espinoza-Grajeda was “at the center of a complex conspiracy to secretly and illegally wire millions of dollars in proceeds of narcotics trafficking to suppliers in Mexico and Honduras,” officials said.
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