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Ex-Honduran cabinet official pleads guilty in U.S. money laundering case
Source: Reuters
#U.S. AUGUST 29, 2017 / 6:42 PM / 44 MINUTES AGO
Ex-Honduran cabinet official pleads guilty in U.S. money laundering case
Brendan Pierson
3 MIN READ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former member of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez’ cabinet pleaded guilty in a New York federal court on Tuesday to attempting to launder drug money from the Central American country, prosecutors said.
Yankel Rosenthal, who served as minister of investment under Hernandez, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan, prosecutors said.
Rosenthal, 48, was charged in October 2015 along with his father, Jaime Rosenthal, a former vice president of Honduras.
His cousin, Yani Rosenthal, a veteran politician and two-time presidential candidate, was also charged in the laundering scheme along with Andres Acosta Garcia, a lawyer with the family’s Grupo Continental conglomerate.
Yani Rosenthal pleaded guilty on July 26, and Acosta pleaded guilty on Aug. 16, prosecutors revealed Tuesday. Jaime Rosenthal remains at large.
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Ex-Honduran cabinet official pleads guilty in U.S. money laundering case
Brendan Pierson
3 MIN READ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former member of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez’ cabinet pleaded guilty in a New York federal court on Tuesday to attempting to launder drug money from the Central American country, prosecutors said.
Yankel Rosenthal, who served as minister of investment under Hernandez, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan, prosecutors said.
Rosenthal, 48, was charged in October 2015 along with his father, Jaime Rosenthal, a former vice president of Honduras.
His cousin, Yani Rosenthal, a veteran politician and two-time presidential candidate, was also charged in the laundering scheme along with Andres Acosta Garcia, a lawyer with the family’s Grupo Continental conglomerate.
Yani Rosenthal pleaded guilty on July 26, and Acosta pleaded guilty on Aug. 16, prosecutors revealed Tuesday. Jaime Rosenthal remains at large.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-honduras-moneylaundering-idUSKCN1B92SN
