A Key West, Fla. couple has been indicted on conspiracy, money-laundering and related criminal charges for allegedly using cocaine proceeds to buy property in Florida and in Worcester County, Md.
The 15-count indictment, returned yesterday by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, charges Richard R. McCleary and his wife, Suzanne Gentz McCleary, alias Suzanne Cohill, with directing a money-laundering scheme. They allegedly transferred large amounts of cash to banks in the Netherlands Antilles, then had it wired back to attorneys in Florida and Maryland to pay settlement costs on homes the couple bought.
The indictment is the latest development ina continuing series of criminal prosecutions and civil forfeiture proceedings aimed at stripping the couple of assets from Richard McCleary's cocaine operation on the Eastern Shore.
