Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case
Pulido was wanted for years over a scheme that prosecutors say used offshore shell companies to pay bribes for Venezuelan state contracts.
- On Sunday, U.S. authorities took Alvaro Pulido into custody following an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, and Homeland Security Investigations into a bribery scheme involving Venezuela.
- Indicted in 2019 and 2021, Pulido allegedly paid bribes to Venezuelan officials to secure state contracts with PDVSA, the state-run oil company, alongside business partner Alex Saab.
- Last month, Pulido pleaded guilty in a related bribery case, agreeing to cooperate against Maduro and forfeit $195 million in criminal proceeds; the State Department previously offered a $10 million reward for his arrest.
- Homeland Security Task Force spokesperson Nicole Navas Oxman confirmed the arrest Sunday, noting Pulido will make his initial court appearance Tuesday in Miami.
- Acting President Delcy Rodr faces pressure from Venezuela's ruling coalition to resist U.S. efforts to apprehend Venezuelan insiders, following the January ouster of Maduro by the U.S. military under the Trump administration.
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Businessman wanted for years for allegedly bribing Venezuelan officials finally in U.S. custody
Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a one-time ally of ousted President Nicolás Maduro.
Los Angeles Times
An entrepreneur was arrested after being wanted for years in the United States for allegedly paying bribes to senior Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela.
Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case – WTOP News
MIAMI (AP) — A businessman wanted for years in the U.S. for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody. Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business...
The Toronto Star
Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case
MIAMI (AP) — A businessman wanted for years in the U.S. for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody.
A businessman wanted for years in the United States for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been arrested this Sunday. Álvaro Pulido was charged in a Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his business partner [...] La entrada Álvaro Pulido will appear before a court in Miami this 13-Oct was first published in Foco Informativa.
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