PORTLAND, Ore. — A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for his role in a major drug trafficking and money laundering scheme tied to Oregon.
Federal prosecutors say 35-year-old Luis Antonio Beltran Arredondo conspired to move fentanyl and heroin from California into Oregon and Washington, while laundering millions of dollars through a Tualatin beauty salon and real estate purchases.
Agents seized over 100,000 fentanyl-laced pills, 26 kilograms of heroin, 41 pounds of methamphetamine, and more than $348,000 in cash. Investigators also traced laundered funds to nine mortgage-free homes valued at $4.6 million.
Arredondo is the 12th and final defendant sentenced in the case. He received 135 months in prison and will be deported after serving his time.
