2 indicted in rural Kane County drug enterprise

A grand jury has indicted two men in connection with a large-scale narcotics and money laundering scheme in rural Kane County, prosecutors said Wednesday.

The indictments of Fernando Pilar-Lopez, 37, of Maple Park, and Dennis Campbell, 32, of Chicago, stem from an Aug. 26 search of Pilar-Lopez's home on Meredith Road, where authorities said they seized more than $1 million in cash and cocaine.

A grand jury Tuesday indicted Pilar-Lopez on charges of money laundering, calculated criminal drug conspiracy and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, and Campbell on six counts of money laundering, prosecutors said.

Assistant State's Attorney Kelly Orland said both men are suspects in a relatively large drug enterprise, which began to unravel in July when DEA agents intercepted a postal package that contained 900 grams of heroin and was bound for DeKalb.

"When you're looking at people moving the quantities alleged and the dollar amounts involved here, we're talking about a large-scale operation relative to the kind of cases we usually see around here," Orland said. "These weren't some piddly guys."

Pilar-Lopez has been in the Kane County jail on $15 million bail since his arrest last month after authorities seized 2,800 grams of cocaine valued at $280,000, transaction ledgers and a money counter from his home, prosecutors said. The search took place after authorities linked Pilar-Lopez to a DeKalb post office box where the package containing heroin was to be sent.

According to court documents, Campbell is accused of moving more than $500,000 as part of the scheme. His bail was set at $3 million following his indictment, but he remained in the Cook County jail Wednesday, charged in an unrelated fraud and drug conspiracy case, prosecutors said.