Rockville Drug Dealer Must Forfeit $2.5 Million

Rockville, MD — A Rockville man who laundered between $2.5 million and $7 million made through drug sales has been sentenced to a year in federal prison.

A release from the Department of Justice says that Issa Haddad, 24, of Rockville, Maryland was ordered Wednesday to a year and one day in prison, followed by four years of supervised release. Haddad was convicted of drug and money laundering conspiracies involving more than 400 kilograms of marijuana, and more than $2.5 million in drug proceeds.

A judge also ordered Haddad to forfeit $2.5 million.

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According to his plea agreement, from March 2010 to April 10, 2014, Haddad had co-conspirators ship marijuana to addresses in Montgomery County and elsewhere. Haddad was responsible for sending, receiving, and preparing the drug packages for distribution. Ultimately, he distributed between 400 and 700 kilograms of marijuana in Maryland.

Haddad and others deposited cash in amounts less than $10,000 into banks accounts as a way to evade IRS reporting requirements and conceal from the government large cash transactions by narcotics dealers.

He admitted that he conspired to launder of between $2.5 million and $7 million of drug proceeds.

Seven co-defendants pleaded guilty to their participation in the drug and/or money laundering conspiracies, and were sentenced to up to seven years in prison.