Wife Of Central Florida Methamphetamine Dealer Pleads Guilty To Laundering Hundreds Of Thousands In Drug Proceeds
Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Island Tri Truong (41, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in relation to drug distribution proceeds.
Truong faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Truong’s husband, George Pherai Bogeajis, was sentenced on November 13, 2024, to more than 19 years in federal prison for drug distribution.
According to the plea agreement, on April 9, 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration executed a search warrant at Truong and Pherai Bogeajis’s home in Orlando. Agents seized more than 51 kilograms of methamphetamine, various amounts of cocaine, MDMA and fentanyl, multiple firearms, and $717,480 in cash proceeds from drug distribution. A financial investigation revealed that Truong had laundered an estimated $766,000 in drug proceeds in the four years leading up to that search. Truong and Pherai Bogeajis deposited hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash into various bank accounts and lived a lifestyle far beyond their reported incomes.
While in Paris in 2023, Truong used another individual to purchase a gold Rolex wristwatch for 40,700 Euros (estimated $44,000 USD) while she reported earning only $21,090 during that year. Truong also avoided depositing cash into her and Pherai Bogeajis’s bank accounts by delivering thousands of dollars in cash to friends and acquaintances who then transferred that money to Truong from their bank accounts. In one transaction, Truong delivered $40,000 to an acquaintance who transferred the same amount to the construction company building her and Pherai Bogeajis’s home on Bearle Road. Truong then advised her friend to deposit the $40,000 into her bank in $9,000 increments over the course of months to avoid triggering bank and law enforcement scrutiny.
As part of her plea agreement, Truong has agreed to forfeit two properties, including one property valued at approximately $838,000, and two luxury watches – all of which were purchased with proceeds of the drug distribution activities and were used to conceal the origin of those funds
This case was investigated by the IRS Criminal Investigation Money Laundering Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Dana E. Hill and Jennifer Harrington.
