Quite the money laundering scheme - comical in fact
From
The Smoking Gun comes this story of Aaron Castro and his comic book collection:
Accused Meth Dealer Faces Loss Of His Beloved 18,753 Comic Books
A large-scale methamphetamine dealer who allegedly laundered drug profits by purchasing valuable comic books is in danger of forfeiting his 18,753-volume collection to Uncle Sam, according to a new court filing.
Federal prosecutors yesterday filed a U.S. District Court complaint seeking ownership of the comic book holdings of Aaron Castro, 30, who is facing a May trial in Colorado on narcotics distribution and weapons charges. The comics are valued in excess of $500,000.
The forfeiture complaint recounts a government interview with Lonna Gwinn, who said she sold meth for Castro, who is pictured above. �Gwinn said that Aaron began to struggle with money because he would spend his drug money on comic books.� Gwinn added that she would meet Castro �at comic book stores to give him the drug money and had seen Aaron buy a box of comic books.�
A second admitted dealer told investigators that he helped Castro organize his comic books, �which he confirmed were purchased by Aaron with drug proceeds.�
TSG has the mugshot -- classic mouth-breather.
Posted by DaveH at March 3, 2011 9:07 PM
