FBI has charged CEO, CFO with working with promoter tied to Mexican drug cartels
DEL Records CEO Angel del Villar and Luca Scalisi, CFO of DEL Entertainment, were arrested by FBI agents on Tuesday.
The duo has been charged with “conspiring to violate the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act,” according to an official statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Del Villar and Scalisi have allegedly conducted business with a Guadalajara-based concert promoter with ties to Mexican drug cartels.
The third defendant is promoter Jesus Perez Alvear, who leads Gallistica Diamente (Ticket Premier) and until March 2019 promoted concerts in Mexico for Bell Gardens, CA-based DEL Entertainment. Both Perez and his company are listed as “Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers” under the Kingpin Act, which prevents people in the United States from conducting business with the two entities.
The criminal complaint claims that on April 19, 2018, FBI agents approached a “well-known musician” (Individual A), who was explicitly told about Perez’s designation under the Kingpin Act and how that prohibited him from not only conducting business with Perez, but also performing concerts that Perez promoted.
Less than two weeks later, Individual A performed at a concert organized by Perez, where Del Villar’s credit card was used to pay for a private jet that took the musician from Van Nuys Airport to the performance in Aguascalientes, Mexico, according to the complaint. Additionally,...
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