During search warrants executed at the Yanez home and elsewhere, agents found about $115,000 in cash, the prosecutor said.
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Authorities found more than $500,000 after digging up the California back yard of an armored truck driver who was previously convicted for his role in a $1 million heist.
An indictment issued for the trio claimed Yanez and Vega, who were employed by Loomis Armored US, transported a multi-million dollar shipment of cash to Bank of American on June 27, 2014.
About $85,000 was found in Yanez’s resident in November 2014, according to Fox News.
A few $300,000 remained missing, Eimiller said.
Investigators said the driver of an armored truck conspired with a co-worker to pick up money from a Bank of America location and leave it in a trash can at a taco restaurant.
The cash, in denominations of $ one hundred and $ 20, was excavated from beneath a patch of timber within the former house of Cesar Yanez, in Fontana, east of Los Angeles, the Federal Bureau of Investigation stated. Yanez and Vega were charged with conspiracy to commit bank larceny and bank larceny.
Vega electronically opened the rear doors of the armored auto, which allowed Yanez to access the cash storage area of the vehicle, Rhoades said.
NBC4 is attempting to confirm the legal fate of the two other individuals arrested in the case.
Jovita Medina Guzman, 39, of San Bernardino, was also arrested for allegedly helping Yanez and Vega hide and disperse stolen funds and being an accessory after the fact, authorities said.
Yanez pleaded guilty and was sentenced to almost five years in prison and was ordered to return the money.
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Vega is awaiting sentencing for his position within the heist.
