Pelham Man Gets Four Months In Prison For Laundering Dope Cash

BOSTON, MA — A New Hampshire man was sentenced Aug. 11, 2017, in federal court in Boston for laundering the proceeds from illegal marijuana sales, according to a press statement. Douglas Mercier, 49, of Pelham, was sentenced to four months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a fine of $25,000. In February 2017, Mercier pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.

On approximately 15 occasions between June and October 2015, Mercier made cash deposits — derived from the illegal sale of marijuana — of just under $10,000 to banks in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Acting U.S. Attorney William D. Weinreb; Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division; and Joel P. Garland, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston, made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Rosen of Weinreb’s Narcotics & Money Laundering Unit is prosecuting the case.

Submitted by the U.S. District Court.