Columbus man sentenced for using grocery store to launder drug money, profiting $1 million

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A Columbus man was sentenced to six years in prison for using a grocery store as a front to launder drug trafficking money, from which he made at least $1 million.

Alejandro Ventura-Santos, 45, received a 72-month sentence in federal court Friday. He was charged federally in August 2023 and pleaded guilty in April 2024 to conspiring to launder upwards of $9.5 million in drug money.

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