A tidy sum had been made with the laundering scheme, but that, too, wouldn't last forever.

Mr. Phelan's name was mentioned when the reported laundering scheme, part of what is known as the "Pizza Connection" drug case, was discussed at a public hearing earlier this month.

The 39-year-old lawmaker has maintained that he never knew of a laundering scheme for illegal funds and uses the taped exerpt to counter others that have appeared in news reports over previous months.

He set up a laundering scheme that we continue to use and -" "Get your money out at once.

At about the same time, Federal drug investigators in Atlanta were informed of what appeared to be another laundering scheme, code named La Mina, or the mine.

In the undercover operation, prosecutors said, more than $1 million was delivered to different jewelry establishments that were previously cited by witnesses and informers as having participated in such a laundering scheme.

Largest Scheme Detected The drug agency's undercover operations in Panama and Colombia and the meetings with Mr. Martinez unraveled the laundering scheme, the largest ever detected.

In a two-hour court proceeding, a prosecutor described new details of the laundering scheme that was uncovered during a two-year investigation called Operation Polar Cap.

Carey was barred, say the papers, because he misused his power by tolerating and engaging in various laundering schemes to funnel money from his union's general fund to his own election effort.

Webber was one of several former University of Michigan basketball players who federal prosecutors said received large sums of money from Martin as part of a laundering scheme to hide gambling profits.