Major Marijuana Distributor Sentenced for Money Laundering

St. Louis, MO –Cedric T. Davis, Jr., 21, of American Canyon, California, was sentenced to 46 months imprisonment for his role in a conspiracy to launder drug proceeds via Moneygrams.  Davis appeared in federal court today before United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey.

According to court documents, from January 2016, and continuing through February 21, 2018, Cedric Davis’s co-defendants Jack Huck, Joey Hope, and others imported to the Eastern District of Missouri multi-pound amounts of marijuana from Davis, who acted as the source of the supply located in California.  Upon receipt of the marijuana, Davis’s co-defendants and others distributed it within the Eastern District of Missouri and elsewhere.   

Once distributed, the co-defendants and others at their behest collected the proceeds of the marijuana sales.  Those individuals, including co-defendants Jack Huck, Joey Hope, and others, then wired or caused to be wired the proceeds to Cedric Davis in California via MoneyGrams purchased at various outlets, including Wal-Mart stores.  The MoneyGrams were payment for previously shipped marijuana as well as for pending marijuana shipments.  Davis, or others acting as his direction, then cashed the MoneyGrams in California.  In some instances, Davis had other individuals cash the MoneyGrams on his behalf in order to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the cash proceeds.

All other co-defendants charged as part of the conspiracy have pled guilty and have been sentenced or are pending sentencing.

This case was investigated by the Missouri Highway Patrol, Ste. Genevieve Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Warren County Sheriff’s Department.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Casey is handling the case.