FILE PHOTO — A Stamford man was sentenced in Bridgeport to 13 months in prison Thursday after federal officials say he laundered money as part of a marijuana trafficking operation.
STAMFORD — A Stamford man was sentenced in Bridgeport Thursday to 13 months in prison after he laundered money made from a marijuana trafficking operation, federal officials said.
Delroy Anderson, 57, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder monetary instruments on July 1, 2024, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
In February 2020, Anderson and two co-conspirators, Kelvin Jackson and Stephanie Atkinson, were charged by indictment with various money laundering offenses in February 2020, the U.S Attorney’s office said. On Feb. 18, 2022, Anderson, who had been released on bond pending trial, was scheduled to appear in court for a guilty plea proceeding but failed to appear.
He was re-arrested in Dallas Nov. 8 2023, the U.S. Attorney’s office said, and has been in custody since.
From 2015 to 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s office said Anderson operated marijuana cultivation farms in California, and that he employed others to harvest, package and ship it for distribution in Connecticut, Virginia, New York and elsewhere. It said Anderson deposited the proceeds into multiple bank accounts while trying to get around federal reporting requirements. Anderson has since forfeited his interest in bank accounts connected to the crime, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
