SANTA CRUZ COUNTY - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Jesus Acosta-Gandarilla was charged with Felony Information on April 25, 2022, in the Santa Cruz County Justice Court for laundering money for an illegal enterprise.
Acosta-Gandarilla is accused of committing Second Degree Money Laundering, Conspiracy, and Illegally Conducting an Enterprise between September 26, 2017, to November 1, 2017, by allowing others to deposit approximately $55,000 into his Wells Fargo Bank account and by personally wiring approximately $55,000, in order to conceal the identity of the actual persons receiving the money.
Assistant Attorney General Sabrina Lochner is prosecuting this case, which was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
All defendants are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.
A copy of the indictment is available here.
Jesus Acosta-Gandarilla
