They accuse lawyer of money laundering

A prominent Dallas attorney was charged with money laundering following a DEA investigation.

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Dallas, Tx.

A prominent Dallas lawyer has been charged with money laundering from drug trafficking, announced Prerak Shah, the region’s federal prosecutor, in a statement, The Dallas Morning News reported under the signature of Juan Jaramillo.

Rayshun Jackson, 51, an attorney for The Jackson Law Firm, was arrested Wednesday and filed in federal court on Friday.

“The lawyers take an oath of integrity to respect the law. JacksonInstead, he chose to ignore that oath to launder money for drug traffickers, “Shah said in the statement.

According to the prosecutor, Jackson He instructed them on ways to launder money and profit from the devastating opioid epidemic, “filling their own pockets in the process.”

According to DEA agent Eduardo A. Chávez, the case was unleashed after Jackson It appeared in the middle of an investigation into an opioid distribution ring in August 2020, when a high-level drug lord offered the undercover agent someone who could launder the money from the proceeds of the sale of narcotics.

“He is going to clean it, he is going to wash it,” the drug dealer told the undercover agent. “I do not know how to knit and drive, he is the lawyer.”

Two weeks later, the alleged drug trafficker accompanied the undercover agent to a meeting at the office of Jackson on Pacific Avenue. The undercover agent, posing as a drug dealer, told Jackson I needed to launder half a million a month.

“I don’t care where the money comes from,” the lawyer said, according to the prosecutor’s indictment. They apparently negotiated a 4% profit for the now accused of laundering money.

Jackson He offered to create a shell corporation and businesses where cash circulates such as a laundry or automatic car wash.

A month later, the undercover agent handed over $ 100,000 to the attorney.

The following month, the bank account of Jackson Law Firm made three deposits totaling $ 95,000 into the DEA undercover account. Jackson he kept $ 5,000.

The operation continued in November, this time the undercover agent gave the lawyer $ 300,000 to be laundered, something he did in the following months.

In case of being convicted, Jackson faces 20 years in federal prison.

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