The DEA gave $200,000 to a money launderer called 'the Englishman.' He stole it

Daniel Shaun Zilke, a 49-year-old who organized a scheme to launder drug cartel money from the U.S. to Mexico, was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Zilke admitted he offered to launder thousands of dollars using a charity's bank account and facilitated cash pickups for drug traffickers across the country.

In his plea, Zilke acknowledged that he had informed an undercover DEA agent of a European client needing to transfer millions to Mexico, illustrating the scale of the operation.

Co-defendants Jeffrey Mark Thompson and Gustavo Adolfo Aldana-Martinez were also involved, each receiving a commission for the amounts laundered through their accounts.

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