[tps_title]7. Franklin Jurado[/tps_title]
In 1996, Harvard educated Franklin Jurado pleaded guilty to laundering $36 million on behalf of Colombian drug lord José Santacruz-Londoño. Using his economic smarts, Jurado moved the cocaine profits far and wide in an effort to make them seem like legitimate earnings. After being funneled through various European banks and companies, the funds would eventually make their way back to Santacruz-Londoño’s businesses in Colombia. Eventually, a bank collapse in Monaco highlighted Jurado’s connection to several accounts. An extremely noisy bank counting machine at his house in Luxembourg did not help his cause, either. He was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail.
