Former Fargo Businessman Gets Nearly 16 Years in Federal Prison For Cocaine Operation
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A former Fargo businessman is sentenced in U.S. District Court for a large-scale cocaine distribution operation.
52-year-old Barrett Prody was given nearly 16 years in federal prison for continuing criminal enterprise, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
Court documents show the former owner of JT Cigarro and O’Leary’s Pub laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in drug proceeds through his business accounts.
Prody used drug proceeds to pay for a condo in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and to rent an apartment in Medellin, Colombia.
He was arrested last April.
“Barrett Prody’s greed fueled a yearslong cocaine enterprise that profited off addiction and human suffering,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Kopp. “Today’s sentence ensures accountability for his crimes.”
The case was part of Operation Winter Weather, an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation targeting cocaine trafficking in North Dakota.
