Granada Hills
The owner of an income tax preparation business in Van Nuys has pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering, a U.S. attorney announced Wednesday.
Jose Luis Ordonez, 46, of Granada Hills, admitted that he laundered $153,896 through an undercover Internal Revenue Service agent for six months from January to June 1994, according to federal officials. The agent, who works for the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, told Ordonez that the money came from drug trafficking operations, Assistant U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald said.
Ordonez converted the “dirty cash” into money orders from various financial institutions and received commission from the agent for the process, Fitzgerald said.
Ordonez will be sentenced July 15 in U.S. District Court.
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