Money Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering
(Portland, OR) -- The owner of a money service business with several branches in Oregon and Washington has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges. Brenda Barrera Orantes, from Guatemala and illegally in the U.S., ran a money service business called La Popular. She took drug money and charged ten-percent to move it through branch offices of the business. A search by police seized 316-thousand-dollars in cash. Barrera Orantes will be sentenced in January.



