LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — A Lexington man who has been described by authorities as an international money launderer for drug traffickers has pleaded guilty to charges related to an indictment in December.
Authorities say 35-year-old Ramie Dean Douglas was indicted on federal charges.
Douglas came under investigation back in August, after a source in San Diego told agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency that he laundered money for several drug trafficking organizations.
A DEA agent then began communicating with Douglas and arranged for him to launder $52,000, officials said.
On Thursday, he pleaded guilty to one county of conspiracy to commit money laundering, in a deal with prosecutors.
Douglas will be sentenced Aug. 8.
