http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/odenton/bs-md-ar-oil-scheme-20140224,0,1575059.story
Odenton man pleads guilty to money laundering
By Pamela Wood, The Baltimore Sun
5:45 p.m. EST, February 24, 2014
An Odenton man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to laundering
money in a scheme involving stolen waste vegetable oil.
Anthony Jean-Claude, 40, admitted in a plea agreement that he operated a
scheme involving waste vegetable oil, which can be recycled into
biodiesel fuel or as an additive for animal feed.
According to Jean-Claude's plea agreement filed Monday in U.S. District
Court in Baltimore, he started in 2010 by teaming up with a partner to
steal waste oil from restaurants in Maryland, Virginia and Washington
using a flatbed truck and a mechanical pump.
Later, Jean-Claude opened a warehouse in Middle River, where he stored
both stolen and legitimate waste oil before selling it, according to the
plea agreement.
Jean-Claude and one of his partners created an account that received
$1.5 million from oil sales in 2012. The warehouse manager's wife was
writing checks from the account and the manager was instructed to cash
the checks, use some of the money for warehouse operations and give the
rest back to Jean-Claude.
Prosecutors said Jean-Claude faces a sentence of up to 20 years in
prison. His sentencing is scheduled for June 10.
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