Money Launderers Sentenced In Federal Court

MOBILE, AL - Two Mobile women, Jamaka King, 29, and Danielle Dailey, 39, were sentenced today in federal court on their convictions for conspiracy to launder drug proceeds.

According to court documents, King and Dailey both became involved in the Darrin Southall criminal organization by handling his illegal drug proceeds in ways that concealed his illegal activities that generated the cash and that promoted the crimes. King was intercepted in numerous phone calls with Southall during a court-authorized wiretap of Southall's phones. The calls implicated her one of Southall's money launderers. Dailey was identified during the initial investigation. Southall's organization generated millions of dollars in drug proceeds and when the arrests were made, federal authorities seized more than $2 million in cash, 18 vehicles and approximately $160,000 worth of jewelry. King and Dailey each pled guilty to conspiracy to launder drug money during 2021.

United States District Court Judge Kristi K. Dubose sentenced King to 3 months in custody, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release. Judge Dubose sentenced Dailey to three years of probation. Both women will be subject to search upon reasonable suspicion that they have violated the conditions of supervision, and both are subject to drug testing and treatment and mental health evaluations. No fine was imposed but the judge ordered that each defendant pay $100 in special assessments.

U. S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement.

The Mobile Police Department, the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, the Department of Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the Saraland Police Department, the St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, Sheriff's Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Gloria Bedwell prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.