Opinion ID: 588163
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Greenbriar Meeting

Text: 17 On September 13, Swindall and LeChasney met Agent Mullaney at the Greenbriar Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, the site of a Congressional golf tournament. Their conversation was secretly recorded by the agent. Discussing the process by which LeChasney would convert the cash into cashier's checks, the agent asked LeChasney whether he intended to stay under the ten thousand dollars, which would circumvent the requirement that CTRs be filed. Swindall added, I assume you are, aren't you, Charles? 18 Swindall asked the agent if the source of the cash was drug money. The agent told Swindall that it was his gut feeling that there are narcotics dollars in there. He told Swindall that the money was not flight capital and that in the past he had laundered cash from such illegal activities as skimming profits from casinos. Swindall assured the agent that anything you tell me is told in total confidence from this point forward. During a discussion of the risk the Congressman was taking, Swindall stated that there's no question in this transaction that I am basically using Charles as my buffer, and where Charles gets his money is his business, his problem. Swindall stated that he was still undecided about the deal and that he wanted to sleep on it. 19