“They also had connections with one another through fraternities on campus,” he said.

Camara’s LinkedIn profile describes his background in finance and current job as a financial analyst in Chicago — and notes he speaks five languages — while Gashi’s touts a UW-Madison agricultural business management degree. They started their purchases with a contact in California, Anderson said.

“They would get drivers to drive to California and take large sums of money, $75,000 to $80,000 in cash,” he said.

The recruited drivers sometimes stuffed the cash into cereal boxes, Anderson said.

Once, two drivers in the car were stopped by police in California, had 26 pounds of marijuana confiscated and were convicted of possession.

One of those charged, Ha, was a driver, Anderson said, and another driver is expected to be charged soon.

The group also tried, unsuccessfully, to send smaller packages back to Madison via the U.S. Postal Service.

Those packages were intercepted by the Post Office, Anderson said.