A 39-year-old man in Miami-Dade County stands accused Wednesday of money laundering millions as part of a scheme involving transactions linked to Venezuela, Cuba, Panama, and Spain.
U.S. Homeland Security Investigations agents worked on the case against Manuel Alejandro Rojas, born in Venezuela and operating out of Miami-Dade.
Miami Beach and Indian Creek police departments' detectives working with The South Florida Financial Crimes Strike Force, or SFFCSF, reported tracking over $3.38 million in the case and found more incriminating evidence on Tuesday.
According to a police report, detectives arrested Rojas on Tuesday at a 10th-floor apartment at SoLe Mia, a community with a 7-acre pool-like lagoon with a sand area. They had a search warrant and found ledgers, a money counter, bank cards with others' names, 9 phones, and 3 computers.
The detectives listed over 670 deposits as part of the money laundering operation from March 1, 2022, to June 28. They also reported finding bundles of cash in the apartment - including Cuban Pesos, Venezuelan Bolivars, Euros, and U.S. currency.
