A Chinese national found guilty of a money-laundering scheme to move tens of millions of drug proceeds was sentenced to seven years in prison on Aug. 3, while his Chinese co-conspirator pleaded guilty a day earlier, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. Li Xizhi, 48, who pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge on Monday, was one of six Chinese nationals charged in 2020 for their involvement in a transnational money-laundering network spanning countries, including Belize, China, Guatemala, Mexico, and the United States. According to a release from DOJ, Li “played a leadership role” in the network that included foreign and domestic front companies. Among the six was Liu Tao, 46, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday. Liu, who was born in China and a resident of Hong Kong, pleaded guilty in April to charges of money laundering and bribing a U.S. public official. The …