Opinion ID: 3061858
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Riley’s Testimony

Text: Riley then testified that in July and August 2000, he worked for Knowles collecting drug money from Blake and transporting it back to the Bahamas. Riley testified that he moved between $400,000 and $1 million to the Bahamas for Knowles either by private charter plane or boat. In recorded calls, Knowles instructed Riley to package a large sum of drug money in U-Haul boxes to ship by boat to the Bahamas. Knowles told Riley to wrap and seal the boxes tightly in plastic so that they would not get wet on the boat. In another call on 17 August 2000, Knowles instructed Riley to “fix up a nice box with $400.” Id. at 753. 15 During one conversation, Knowles referred to himself as “The General” and told Blake that “[t]he General runs everything.” Id. at 669. Blake confirmed that Knowles was “the boss” and that other people also referred to Knowles as “the General.” Id. 24 According to Riley, this meant that Riley was to prepare a box, vacuum sealed in plastic, containing $400,000 in large denominations, preferably fifty and one hundred dollar bills.