Former Mexican state official indicted in money laundering scheme
A federal grand jury in Corpus Christi indicted a former secretary of finance for the Mexican state of Tabasco.
Former government official Jose Manuel Saiz-Pineda, his wife Silvia Beatriz Perez Ceballos, and business associate Martin Alberto Medina Sonda face charges of conspiring to money laundering and conspiring to commit bank fraud, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.
Saiz-Pineda's wife was arrested Wednesday at her Sugar Land home in the Houston area. A federal magistrate judge ordered she remain in custody pending a detention hearing slated for Tuesday.
Saiz-Pineda is in custody in Tabasco on charges of illegal enrichment related to the case, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office news release. His business partner is also in custody in Mexico but the release did not specify on what charges.
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