Colombia’s Prosecutor General started procedures to extradite the top
of suspected money launderer DMG to the United States. The executives
were charged with money laundering before a New York court earlier this
week.
The U.S. wants director David Murcia Guzmán and his partners William Suárez, Daniel Ángel, Margarita Pabón, Luis Fernando Cediel and Germán Enrique Serrano Reyes to appear before the U.S. court.
According to the U.S. Prosecution, DMG white washed drug money that ended up on more than 18 U.S. bank accounts.
Colombia shut down the popular investment company in October 2008 in the midst of a pyramid scandal that forced authorities to act tough on dodgy money schemes.