Texas Businessman Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charges in Connection with Venezuela Bribery Scheme
A former procurement officer of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), pleaded guilty today for his role in an international money laundering scheme
involving bribes paid by the owners of U.S.-based companies to Venezeulan government officials in exchange for securing additional business with PDVSA and payment priority on outstanding invoices.
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Businessman Indicted for Conspiring to Bribe Senior Government Officials of the Republic of Haiti
A businessman was charged in a superseding indictment filed today for his alleged participation in a scheme to bribe senior government officials of the Republic of Haiti in connection with a planned $84 million port development project,
and to launder funds in order to promote the bribery. An alleged co-conspirator was previously charged in the original indictment.
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