A 47-year-old Fresno, California, hairstylist charged with bilking a mentally ill eye doctor out of millions of dollars, drugging the since-deceased man with LSD as he did so, pleaded guilty to nine felony offenses Thursday in federal court.
Anthony Flores, a hairstylist also known as Anton David, pleaded guilty to defraudingDr. Mark Sawuschwith the help of 40-year-oldactressand yoga studio owner Anna Rene Moore, Flores’ girlfriend at the time of the admitted crimes.
According to theplea agreement, Flores admitted to two counts each of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, and one count each for “engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity,” mail fraud conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy — admissions that came nearly two months after his co-defendant Moore pleaded guilty on Aug. 28 to seven felonies (the same charges minus two wire fraud counts).
