Alaska Resident Pleads Guilty In California To Drug Dealing Money Laundering

Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that DuWayne LeDoux, 55, of Kodiak, Alaska, pleaded guilty yesterday, October 1, 2015, in U.S. District Court, Sacramento, California, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to structure cash deposits. 

According to court documents, LeDoux enlisted Sacramento resident Jennifer MacDougal to obtain and ship methamphetamine and crack cocaine to LeDoux at various addresses in Kodiak and under various names, so that LeDoux could sell the drugs. LeDoux paid for the drugs by depositing cash into a Wells Fargo account held by MacDougal in amounts designed to avoid bank reporting requirements.

Co-defendant MacDougal pleaded guilty in November 2012 and is currently serving a five-year sentence.

LeDoux is scheduled to be sentenced by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley on January 7, 2016. LeDoux faces a maximum statutory penalty of 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

This case is the product of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Internal Revenue Service’s Financial Crimes Task Force, Sacramento, California offices. 

Ms. Loeffler thanks the investigative and prosecution team from Eastern California for helping decrease the flow of narcotics to rural Alaska.  This case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California.