Seven accused in $5.2 million Denver-area money laundering scheme
Capping off a nearly two-year investigation spanning multiple jurisdictions, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office announced multiple arrests in what is being called one of the largest money-laundering schemes in Colorado history.
Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock announced the arrests as he laid out facts about the ongoing investigation during a June 1 press conference.
Spurlock said they started investigating the suspected multi-million-dollar laundering scheme when several chiefs from local jurisdictions approached him in 2019. They developed a task force that included the following:
• Lone Tree Police Department
• Castle Rock Police Department
• U.S. Secret Service
• U.S. Postal Service
• Aurora Police Department
• Denver Police Department
• U.S. Bureau of Prisons
• Retailers: Albertsons/Safeway, Walmart, Home Depot, Target
Spurlock said with cooperating agencies and help from local retailers, the task force was able to track a scheme involving retail theft. The suspects allegedly would steal items from local retailers and take the product to a facility in Aurora where the items were sold online and sent through the U.S. Postal Service.
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