During his tenure, Jose Irizarry worked out of the DEA's Miami field office, Washington, D.C., bureau, and an official outpost in Cartagena, Colombia.
, which first reported on their arrests and broke news of the alleged conspiracy last year. The arrests occurred in Puerto Rico, where they have a residence.
An indictment filed in the case on Friday describes Irizarry's alleged scheme spelled out in 19 charges, including conspiracy to commit money laundering, honest services wire fraud, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Combined penalties for all of the charges contained in the indictment amount to a potential prison sentence of hundreds of years, should convictions be obtained. However, any potential plea deal would likely eliminate many of the charges, and a prison sentence ultimately imposed would be assisted through federal guidelines, not the statutory maximum.
Prosecutors in Tampa, Florida, believe Irizarry used his position as a DEA special agent to divert drug proceeds recovered by his former agency over a span of years. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were fraudulently diverted during the scheme, according to the indictment.
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