TigerKing star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been charged with federal money laundering crimes.
Theissued a press release on Monday announcing that Antle and a co-defendant, Antle's employee and business associate Omar Sawyer, have both"been charged in a federal complaint with money laundering crimes involving more than $500,000."
"The complaint alleges that over the last four months, Antle and Sawyer laundered $505,000 in cash they believed to be the proceeds of an operation to smuggle illegal immigrants across the Mexican border into the United States," the release announced. The pair are accused of laundering money and then concealing the laundered income by"inflating tourist numbers at the Myrtle Beach Safari."
The duo were arrested on Friday by the Horry County Sheriff's Office following an investigation by the FBI, and are currently detained. Antle and Sawyer face a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison if convicted.
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