Obama’s Chief Financial Director for the DEA, has been indicted for a plot to launder $12 million for the Mexican Drug Cartels
Paul Campo, who resigned in 2016 right before the first Trump administration, had his Virginia home raided and has been charged for agreeing to launder the money for the CJNG, a Mexican drug cartel, while acting in his role at the DEA
The CJNG has been designated as a foreign terrorist group.
According to an unsealed indictment, the 61-year-old, and his associate Robert Sensi, 75, of Boca Raton, Florida, face charges including:
Narcoterrorism conspiracy,
Narcotics distribution conspiracy,
Providing material support to a terrorist organization, and
Money laundering conspiracy, according to the indictment
He faces life in prison if convicted.
Campo retired from the DEA in January 2016 after a 25-year career that included briefing Congress on money laundering threats and representing the agency before international bodies like INTERPOL.
He allegedly leveraged his expertise to help the cartel. Prosecutors say the scheme started in late 2024, when Campo was introduced (by Sensi) to a confidential source posing as a CJNG member.
The pair agreed to convert cartel drug money into cryptocurrency, invest in real estate, and facilitate cocaine trafficking in New York City.
According to the indictment:
Campo and Sensi laundered about $750,000 by converting cash into cryptocurrency, believing it to be CJNG money.
They agreed to launder a total of $12 million and provided payment for 220 kilos of cocaine, valued at $5 million, in exchange for a share of the profits.
Discussions involved sharing sensitive DEA information on investigations and sources, as well as procuring weapons like AR-15 rifles, M4 carbines, grenade launchers, and rocket-propelled grenades for the cartel.
Campo reportedly flashed his DEA badge during meetings and offered to act as a “strategist” for the group, bragging about his role overseeing the agency’s global money laundering operations.
