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Odenton man sentenced in waste oil money laundering scheme
Wed, Jul 16, 2014
BALTIMORE -- An Odenton man was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday in a money laundering scheme that funneled $1.5 million earned from selling stolen waste oil through a shell bank account.
Anthony Jean-Claude, 40, admitted working with a partner to steal waste vegetable oil from restaurants in Prince George's County, Washington D.C., and Northern Virginia from May through October 2010, according to a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office. The men took the oil to a warehouse in Middle River, where they processed and sold it.
At the end of October, Jean-Claude’s friend developed a legitimate company named Waste Not Inc., purchased a vacuum truck, hired salesmen and eventually obtained 650 contracts to collect waste oil from restaurants.
From June through October 2011, Jean-Claude’s friend sold his oil to Jean-Claude. Jean-Claude, meanwhile, used a straw purchaser to buy a truck in May 2011 in the name of Waste Not, and used it to steal waste vegetable oil from other restaurants. The driver of that truck was caught in July 2011.
Jean-Claude and another partner created a Bank of America account under the name Rafxcel Services in late 2011, and used it to funnel proceeds from the sale of both legal and stolen oil back to Jean-Claude. The men made $1,586,747 from Jan. 5, 2012 and Oct. 1, 2012.
U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz also sentenced Jean-Claude to three years of probation and ordered repay all of the money.