C.B.P. News Release

Canadian Woman Arrested for Currency Smuggling

(Tuesday, July 20, 2010)

Oroville, Wash. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Oroville port of entry arrested a 48-year-old Oliver, British Columbia, woman for allegedly smuggling currency into the United States.

Marina Cantarero-Cruz was taken into custody on July 14 after CBP officers discovered a non-factory compartment in the rear of her 2004 Acura MDX which contained currency totaling $132,980 U.S. dollars and $12,200 Canadian dollars.

β€œIt is not a crime to transit monies across the border; it is an offense to conceal it with the intent of circumventing the federal reporting requirements,β€