United States v. Ruben Cruz

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Ruben Cruz appeals from his conviction in district court 1 for money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(l)(A)(i). We affirm.

I

In the spring of 1991, Detective Jerome Thorsen of the Moorhead, Minnesota Police Department received information from an informant that Cruz was distributing marijuana. More specifically, the informant told Thorsen that Cruz had himself been bringing or had been receiving from a supplier a shipment of marijuana from Texas once a month. The informant also indicated that Cruz or his family had purchased a new van that was hidden in a…