Atlantic City man gets prison for drug trafficking, money laundering
Toye Tutis, 46, pleaded guilty to running drugs and laundering moey through an actual laundromat.
A 46-year-old Atlantic City man who ran a drug-trafficking and money-laundering operation out of an actual laundromat was sentenced Wednesday to 22 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
Toye Tutis had pleaded guilty in federal court in Camden to drug trafficking and conspiracy from 2010 through December 2014.
Through the Ta’Ja Laundromat in Atlantic City, Tutis purchased and distributed between 150 to 450 kilograms of cocaine and about 26 kilograms of heroin, and laundered between $1.5 million and $3 million in drug proceeds. The money laundering also involved purchasing more than 30 properties with tainted funds, Carpenito said.
Ten other people, including Tutis’ “long-time paramour,” Jazmin Vega, 45, also have pleaded guilty to their involvement in the operation, Carpenito said.