BROTHER'S DRUG CASH LANDS HER IN JAIL

A Regina woman sobbed uncontrollably as she was escorted into custody
Monday for laundering her brother's drug money through her bank account
between March 28, 2001 and Sept. 17, 2003.

Tracy Lee Anne Roth, 32, was sentenced to three months in jail after
admitting she deposited $64,000 in drug proceeds into her account and than
circulated the money by writing cheques and bank drafts on the account

"Here is how I see it ma'am. The position taken by the Crown is that they
are not recommending a conditional sentence, but feel the more appropriate
sentence is incarceration considering the significant amount of money that
you laundered," said provincial court Judge Clifford Toth.

"You had to have benefited from it," Toth chastised the woman.

A forensic audit of Roth's bank account indicated she earned between
$28,000 to $30,000 and couldn't explain the large cash bank deposits,
mainly in $50 and $100 bills.

Court was told despite a lack of bank records, investigators believe Roth
may have laundered as much as $125,000.

Toth was told the woman was wilfully blind because she had to have known
her brother, who was on social assistance, was trafficking drugs and by
laundering the illicit funds she was perpetuating the drug trade.

Roth's brother Brad, who was convicted of trafficking and received a
three-year sentence, is now in a Regina half-way house.

"... I seldom speak to my brother any more. My kids miss their uncle, but
they know he is not welcome in my house anymore," Roth said, explaining she
suffered a stress-related breakdown, was hospitalized and is still under
psychiatric care.

This wasn't Roth's first involvement in fraudulent activities, Toth said
noting "this was a significant money laundering scheme involving a
commercial enterprise for trafficking drugs."