DEA agent who conspired with Colombian cartel and bought luxury sports cars, $30,000 Tiffany ring and $767,000 Caribbean resort home gets 12 years in prison

Daily Mail Uk

By ADRIANO TORRES FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS

PUBLISHED: 17:38 EST, 9 December 2021 | UPDATED: 16:00 EST, 10 December 2021

A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent will spend 12 years and one month in federal prison for conspiring to launder money with a Colombian cartel and using kickback money to fund a lavish lifestyle. 

José Irizarry, 47, was sentenced Thursday by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, one month after he pleaded guilty to a 19-count indictment that also included conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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