BALTIMORE, MD—A Maryland man has been sentenced to six years and three months in federal prison for laundering more than $1.8 million in drug money for a Mexican cartel.

The sentence, announced by U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron, was the result of a guilty plea by 46-year-old Gerrod Davis, of Glen Burnie, who was convicted of laundering money as part of a drug trafficking organization.

According to the guilty plea, Davis transported large sums of drug money to an individual purportedly acting on behalf of the Mexican Cartel between July 2020 and May 2021. The transactions were part of an effort to promote the drug trafficking organization and its business relationship with the Cartel, as well as conceal the money’s origins and ownership.

The amount of money that Davis laundered or attempted to launder as part of the conspiracy was at least $1,811,611, according to a news release released by Barron’s office.

Davis was one member of a multi-agency effort to investigate the drug trafficking organization. The investigation was conducted by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, which includes federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

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