A drug-addicted career felon has opted to go back to jail rather than tell police the names of people he was laundering money for.George Mouchette pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to funnelling almost $500,000 through a Butterfield Bank account under his own name and address.In total the unemployed 55-year-old Sandys man made 167 separate transactions between 2006 and 2010, using his bank account and Western Union, to wire US dollars to Jamaica, the UK and the US.Butterfield Bank finally closed his account because it became suspicious of the high level of activity for an unemployed man, and Mouchette was questioned by officers from the Financial Crime Unit on November 8, 2011.He was charged with two counts of converting, transferring or moving money representing the proceeds of drug trafficking or other criminal activity between June 2006 and March 2010. The funds involved $444,41406 on the first charge and $37,704.35 on count two.“The final destination for the cash was never identified,” said Crown counsel Larissa Burgess. She noted that one transaction of $21,385.90 sent to Jamaica amounted to $1.7 million in Jamaican dollars.During questioning Mouchette admitted to using the money he was paid to buy drugs. “When asked by police who the money belonged to the defendant told the officers that he would rather go to jail than to say whose money it was,” said Ms Burgess.Unemployed since 2002, she also noted that Mr Mouchette has previous convictions over a 30-year period dating back to 1977.His lawyer, Ed Bailey, asked for a drug assessment report and a social inquiry report to be carried out before sentencing. Mr Bailey also said his client admitted his guilt with an admission that he committed the crimes to “feed a notorious drug habit”.“Its amazing that he used his own name when he did the transactions, I’ve never seen that in all my years as a lawyer, he used his true name and address,” said Mr Bailey.He asked that his client’s guilty plea be taken into consideration and noted that he is also in a drug treatment programme at Turning Point.“He wasn’t stupid, he knew what he was doing, and the sole motive was drugs,” he said.Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo ordered a pre-sentencing report and told the defendant to “start preparing to go back to jail” before extending bail and setting the case down for sentencing on February 15, 2013.