A California man described by prosecutors as a “straw man” for a convicted felon’s illegal insurance business in Louisiana has been sentenced to three years of probation.
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier also on Wednesday ordered 67-year-old James Zoucha, of Oceanside, Calif., to pay about $321,000 in restitution.
Zoucha pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a money laundering case against unlicensed bond broker Gwendolyn Moyo.
Moyo was sentenced to 20 years in prison after a jury convicted her of conspiring with former state Sen. Derrick Shepherd to launder money from her sale of bogus construction bonds. Shepherd pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and is awaiting sentencing.
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
Impeachment Sought on Federal Judge Over Sex in Chambers, Lying to Investigators 
Acrisure Goes After Former Owners of Businesses it Acquired for Leaving to Compete 
Judge Won’t Bend on $256M Defamation/RICO Verdict Against Human Rights Lawyer 
United Co-Pilot Warned Plane Was Slow, Low Before Newark Mishap 
