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Former Miami-Dade Congressman Charged For a Second Time For Not Registering As a Venezuelan Agent

David Rivera now stands accused of trying to lobby a Trump administration official to get a wealthy Venezuelan businessman off the federal government sanctions list

Latin Times

Venezuelan Media Tycoon Charged In Money Laundering Conspiracy

Venezuelan media tycoon Raul Gorrin charged in money laundering conspiracy involving over Venezuelan Media Tycoon Charged In Money Laundering Conspiracy billion from PDVSA. Case exposes corruption amidst Venezuela's...

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Former Venezuelan treasurer gets US sentence of 15 years on money laundering

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US judge sends Hugo Chavez's ex nurse to prison for 15 years

A federal judge in Miami has handed down a 15-year prison sentence to the former nurse of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for taking bribes from a billionaire media mogul to green-light lucrative currency transactions when she served as Venezuela's national treasurer

The Independent UK

Ex-chief of Venezuela’s highest court charged with diverting millions in bribes to Miami

MIAMI —The former chief of Venezuela’s highest court was indicted Thursday in Miami federal court on charges of granting legal favors in exchange for bribery payments that he diverted through local bank accounts and spent on chartered private jets, expensive watches, luxury goods and real estate in South Florida.

Miami Herald

Ex-Congressman David Rivera says charges of being a Venezuelan agent ‘totally false’

MIAMI — David Rivera may no longer be an elected politician, but he sounded like one when he emerged Tuesday from his first federal court appearance in Miami on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent for the Venezuelan government.

Miami Herald

Former Venezuelan treasurer convicted in U.S. of money laundering

A former Venezuelan treasurer who also served as an aide to late President Hugo Chavez has been convicted in the United States for money laundering in association with a corruption scheme in the South American nation.

Reuters

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Ex-Venezuelan treasurer, husband convicted of corruption in first trial of its kind in Florida

MIAMI — A former Venezuelan national treasurer and her husband were found guilty Tuesday of accepting tens of millions of dollars in bribes and moving their tainted money to Miami in the first foreign corruption case of its kind to go to trial in South Florida.

Miami Herald

Jury finds Hugo Chavez's ex-nurse guilty of money laundering

The former nurse of the late Hugo Chavez has been found guilty of money laundering in connection to bribes paid by a billionaire media mogul to green light lucrative currency transactions when she served as Venezuela’s national treasurer

The Independent UK

A former Florida congressman is arrested on charges of lobbying for Venezuela

A newly unsealed grand jury indictment alleges that former Rep. David Rivera, a well-connected Florida Republican, illegally acted on Venezuela's behalf.

WEKU

Ex-Miami congressman Rivera arrested in Venezuela probe

A former Miami Republican congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government has been arrested in connection to an ongoing federal criminal investigation

The Independent UK

Bribery trial tests US cases against Venezuela kleptocrats

A former Venezuelan treasurer and nurse to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is contesting criminal charges in the U.S. Claudia Diaz is charged with money laundering, accused of taking at least $4.2 million in bribes and gifts in exchange for green lighting lucrative currency transactions

The Independent UK

Cash is king for sanctioned Russian, Venezuelan oligarchs

Politically connected billionaires from Russia and Venezuela are at the center of a 49-page criminal indictment that reads like a how-to guide on circumventing U.S. sanctions

The Independent UK

New claims against ex Miami congressman hired by Venezuela

New filings in a civil suit allege that a former Miami congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s socialist government not only did no apparent work, but also channeled a large chunk of the money to a yacht company on behalf of a fugitive billionaire

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Sanctioned Venezuelan staves off auction of New York City apartment

A Venezuelan media mogul sanctioned by the United States said he has received permission from Washington to make the payments necessary to avoid losing a luxury New York City apartment.

Miami Herald

Ex-Venezuelan treasurer, accused of hiding millions in Miami, is extradited to Florida

MIAMI — A former Venezuelan national treasurer was extradited from Spain to Florida on Thursday night to face charges of accepting millions in bribes from a billionaire businessman who paid her and her husband through Miami bank accounts so the tycoon could make a fortune off the Venezuelan government’s lucrative…

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