Xiomara Christian, age 37, of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has been sentenced to 33 months of incarceration following her guilty plea to conspiracy to commit money laundering.Â
United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division, made the announcement.
As part of her guilty plea on October 10, 2024, Christian admitted that from May 2017 to November 2018, she and a co-conspirator laundered drug proceeds from Europe and Australia through bank accounts in the Northern District of New York, intending to conceal the true source of the proceeds and to make it appear as though the money was legally obtained through legitimate business transactions.
On October 4, 2018, Christian delivered €101,950 ($114,816.09) in drug proceeds to an undercover agent with the National Police of The Netherlands in The Netherlands.
On October 5, 2018, an undercover agent with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission picked up $85,000 AUD ($57,843 USD) in drug proceeds from another co-conspirator in Melbourne, Australia.
Christian then had the money wired through a bank account in Latham, New York, and sent to bank accounts in Panama.
In addition to the term of imprisonment, Senior United States District Judge Lawrence E. Kahn also ordered the entry of a money judgment against Christian in the amount of $172,659.
Christian faces removal from the United States following service of her term of imprisonment.
