MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that NATHAN PHILLIP WEBSTER, age 40, of McKinney, Texas, pled guilty to MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956(h), punishable by not more than 20 years imprisonment, up to a $500,000 fine or both.
Charges arose from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The defendant was indicted in April, 2015.
The Indictment alleged that beginning in or about August of 2011, the exact date being unknown and continuing until in or about January 2013, the defendant did willfully and knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree together with others known and unknown, to knowingly conduct and attempt to conduct a financial transaction affecting interstate and foreign commerce, by purchasing a Green, 2001, Ford F150, truck, with proceeds from the distribution and sale of methamphetamine, with the intent to acquire, possess and distribute methamphetamine.
The charge further alleges that the defendant deposited large sums of United States Currency into bank accounts in Dallas, Texas, knowing that the transactions were designed in whole or in part to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the proceeds from the distribution of methamphetamine.
The Honorable Kimberly E. West, Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the guilty plea and ordered the completion of a presentence report. Sentencing will be scheduled following its completion. The defendant will remain in the custody of the United States Marshal Service pending sentencing.
Assistant United States Attorney Rob Wallace represented the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
