Date: March 25, 2022 Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov Benton, IL — Jose Angulo of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on Thursday, March 24, 2022, to 30 years imprisonment for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Money Laundering, and Distribution of Methamphetamine. Evidence established during the sentencing hearing demonstrated that from between 2018 through November of 2019, Angulo had been responsible for shipping over 50 pounds of methamphetamine to the Southern District of Illinois and laundered drug proceeds to conceal his drug distribution operation. During the investigation, the United States Postal Inspection Service intercepted three packages of methamphetamine that Angulo had mailed to addresses in East St. Louis and Swansea, Illinois, totaling nine pounds of methamphetamine. Angulo had previously been convicted in the State of Arizona for participating in a drug trafficking organization and engaging in money laundering. This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Laura Reppert.
