With Ja Rule releasing his new album this week and Ashanti preparing her new record, Murder Inc. legal troubles seem to be going away. This week federal prosecutors have indicted a bookkeeper at Murder Inc. Records for possible money laundering. Cynthia Brent has allegedly been involved in tax evasion and funneling money for a New York drug dealer.
Prosecutors charged Brent with laundering more than $1 million dollars in drug money ad tampering with cash deposits that avoided meeting federal guidelines. “I don’t really know what’s going on. It’s shocking news to me just like you guys. We’ll wait and see what’s going on with that situation. It’s right before my album drops”, Ja Rule said. “I thought it was a little peculiar, but I don’t know”. Brent was arraigned and released on Monday after posting $200,000. This is the not the first time anyone from the Inc. has been investigated for alleged drug laundering activity. In 2003 the NYPD raided the Inc. offices for financial documents but no charges have been made after the raid.
