TOLEDO, OH — A brother and sister from Toledo have been sentenced to federal prison after laundering more than $780,000 in drug proceeds for a Mexican cartel, helping funnel profits from fentanyl and meth sales back across the border using cryptocurrency.
Christopher Grover Reynolds, 52, received a sentence of over six years, while his sister, Claudette Reynolds, 51, was sentenced to two years behind bars. Both were ordered to serve three years of supervised release following their prison terms.
Federal prosecutors say the Reynolds siblings acted as financial couriers for cartel operatives, collecting bulk cash from drug sales in Toledo — including fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana — and transferring the equivalent value back to Mexico. On six separate occasions, Christopher Reyno