16 Sep 2011
Posted by Media MRS.
According to The Smoking Gun, the offices of Interscope Records is coming under scrutiny now that reports say the record label was used to move huge amounts of cocaine and cash.
As we previously reported James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond was arrested for his role in a massive cocaine conspiracy ring, which allegedly shipped hundreds of kilos of cocaine to studios in New York and sent millions in proceeds to the West coast. He was charged with intentionally conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, witness tampering and obstruction of justice
Department of Justice prosecutors this week provided defense lawyers with shipping records detailing “pickups and deliveries” made at Interscope’s Los Angeles office by a cargo firm that was used to transport the music cases, which were alternately stuffed with kilos of cocaine and upwards of $1 million in cash.
A year-long Drug Enforcement Administration investigation has resulted in the indictment of James Rosemond on 18 felony charges, which could result in a sentence of life in prison for the 46-year-old rap music manager. Rosemond, pictured in the below mug shot, is being held without bail in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center. He is currently being held without bail in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center.
Prosecutors and DEA agents have been provided detailed insider accounts of the drug trafficking ring by former Rosemond associates who have admitted their roles in the operation. Several of these cooperators have described how they were dispatched to either Interscope or various music studios to retrieve “road cases” stuffed with either cash or cocaine. [source]
Wow! I’m almost sure Interscope wasn’t the only record label doing this though. This sort of thing is probably common.
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