Fernando Melciades Zevallos-Gonzales [UID 44395], first profiled in World-Check on 8 November, 2001, was charged in the US with:

• Kingpin Act violations.
• Conspiracy to commit money laundering.
• Six counts of money laundering.

In addition to the twenty-year sentence he is currently serving in Peru, he was fined $29m, on account of the seizure of 3.3 tonnes of narcotics by Peruvian law enforcement.

His wife, Sandra Elisa Sanchez Galdos [UID 549032] was also charged in the US case. She was the front for Aero Continente SA, which has no less than twenty profiles on World-Check, reflecting the different jurisdictions where it was operating.

After his SDNTK designation by OFAC, Zevallos and his wife sold off their US assets, held in the names of two US corporations, which were Florida limited liability companies:

• La Hacienda (USA) LLC

• Running Brook LLC

A word to the wise: There was financial institution reputation damage. News media specifically named the US bank Zevallos used to move his money out of the country, which was after he was designated a SDNTK. Will the bank. (which if it had been using World-Check in 2004, it would have caught the transfers) face regulatory sanctions, now that the indictment has been issued? We cannot say, but we will be monitoring the matter.*

For further information: United States vs. Fernando Zevallos-Gonzales, Case No.: 07-cr-20587-ASG                  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * The corporate servicer provider involved also acted as Registered Agent for these companies AFTER Zevallos had been named a Significant Foreign Narcotics Trafficker Kingpin by OFAC.