San Diego

The fifth person to be charged with money laundering along with businessman Richard Silberman pleaded not guilty Tuesday.

Terry R. Ziegler, 45, of Moorpark, entered his plea before U.S. Magistrate Roger McKee, who ordered that Ziegler surrender his passport.

Ziegler was indicted Friday on charges of conspiracy to launder money, avoiding the filing of currency transaction reports and filing false currency transaction reports. Also hit with the additional charges were Silberman, Chris Petti and two other men.

Ziegler posted $200,000 bail over the weekend, and McKee allowed that to remain in effect. He was ordered to return to court Oct. 23.

Silberman, 60, the husband of County Supervisor Susan Golding, showed up at the courthouse Tuesday, but his arraignment on the new charges will be held later. Silberman and Petti were arrested April 7 at a Mission Valley hotel after they allegedly discussed laundering money they believed to be proceeds from drug dealers with an undercover FBI agent.

They were indicted later in the month, but a superseding indictment including new charges was handed down Friday.

Petti, 62, is serving an 18-month prison sentence on Terminal Island for probation revocation on a bookmaking conviction.

The other two men, Jack Myers, 42, of Beverly Hills, and Darryl Nakatsuka, 43, of West Los Angeles, remain free on bonds of $100,000 and $200,000, respectively.

A January trial date has been set, but U.S. District Judge J. Lawrence Irving said last month that the date is not realistic and will probably be changed.