Two American attorneys have pled guilty to money laundering, and were sentenced to terms of imprisonment, supervision and fines in Miami last week. Marc Desiderio and Loel Seitel, who formerly practised law in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Florida, and elsewhere, assisted marijuana traffickers by renting and purchasing real estate, and providing false information to government investigators who were investigating their clients. These clients were engaged in shipping marijuana obtained in California and Arizona, and transporting it for sale in the northeastern parts of the United States. One of their clients sustained a RICO conviction, and most likely he rendered substantial assistance to law enforcement that resulted in this case going to trial.

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