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CRIME Ashland man sentenced to two years for marijuana money laundering scheme Comment Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune Follow @@teresathomas_MT MailTribune.com Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune Follow @@teresathomas_MT Posted Feb. 21, 2016 at 7:13 PM Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune Follow @@teresathomas_MT Posted Feb. 21, 2016 at 7:13 PM » Social News An Ashland man was sentenced to two years in a federal prison for his role as ringleader of a Southern Oregon money laundering scheme that moved more than $2 million between marijuana buyers on the East Coast and growers in Northern California. Jonathan Robert Quaccia, 35, who previously lived in Humboldt County, pleaded guilty in November to a federal money laundering charge and, on Wednesday, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken to two years in a federal prison. He also was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and 500 hours of community service. According to a U.S. Department of Justice news release, Quaccia shipped marijuana from California to New York and Georgia for sale and, together with Matthew Levi Correa, 36, of Medford, recruited Southern Oregon residents to create bank accounts, in which $2.2 million in drug proceeds was deposited between June 2012 and December 2014. East Coast buyers made deposits into accounts held by conspiring Southern Oregon account holders, who delivered the money to Correa and were paid $150 per transaction. Correa in turn delivered the cash to Quaccia. Quaccia and Correa were careful to keep all transactions under $10,000 to avoid detection and IRS interference. Bank records show that $2.2 million was deposited and $2.075 million was withdrawn over about 262 transactions. Correa pleaded guilty to money laundering in December, and his sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 13. The Southern Oregon account holders named in the case include Correa's mother, Margaret Correa of Phoenix, and Spencer Note and Stephanie Michaelle Ryden of Medford. Margaret Correa, Note and Ryden have all since pleaded guilty for their roles in the scheme and agreed to forfeit the $27,450 they were paid for the transactions. Note’s sentencing hearing is set for April 15. Ryden’s is set for June 21, and Correa’s has not yet been scheduled. As part of Quaccia's plea agreement, he will forfeit his 2013 Honda Accord, his Toyota Tacoma pickup and $100,000, all of which he admits were proceeds of his laundering activity or were used in his criminal activity. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration also seized Quaccia’s property in McKinleyville, Calif. The property was purchased in 2011 for $330,000 and was used as a grow site. A second grow site in Salyer, Calif., which Matthew Correa purchased in 2013 for $195,000, also was seized. Correa told DEA agents that he had never been to the property and that Quaccia had paid the down payment with marijuana funds. —Reach reporter Teresa Thomas at 541-776-4497 or [email protected] . Follow her at www.twitter.com/teresathomas_mt . Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune Follow @@teresathomas_MT MailTribune.com Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune Follow @@teresathomas_MT Posted Feb. 21, 2016 at 7:13 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... 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