Overview
- Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed an indictment charging Paul Campo and Robert Sensi with narcoterrorism, terrorism, cocaine distribution conspiracy, and money laundering.
- Prosecutors allege they agreed to launder about $12 million, converted roughly $750,000 into cryptocurrency, and funded a payment tied to about 220 kilograms of cocaine worth around $5 million.
- The case stems from meetings with a confidential source working at the direction of law enforcement who posed as a CJNG representative in Tampa, Charlotte, and New York.
- Evidence outlined in court includes hours of recorded conversations, cellphone location data, emails, surveillance images, and a transfer of more than $200,000 to an IRS-controlled crypto wallet.
- Authorities say the pair discussed procuring drones, military-grade weapons and explosives for CJNG, and that Campo drew on expertise from his 25-year DEA career before retiring in 2016.