Maduro ally Alex Saab expected to plead guilty in federal money laundering case
- Alex Saab, a close ally of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is expected to plead guilty in a federal money laundering case on Tuesday.
- Saab was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez following pressure from the United States, which investigated him for over ten years.
- He faces one charge of money laundering related to an alleged conspiracy involving fake companies, falsified shipping records, and profit from government food import contracts.
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Independent EspañolA close collaborator of the deposed Venezuelan leader will plead guilty in the U.S. for bribes to obtain food contracts.The Colombian businessman faces charges of money laundering after an agreement with the justice system, while examining new charges.
Alex Saab set to plead guilty in US Venezuela food contracts case
Alex Saab is expected to plead guilty in a Miami federal case over Venezuela food import contracts. The move reopens scrutiny of a controversial US-Venezuela prisoner swap and Washington's Maduro strategy.
The Toronto Star
Maduro ally Alex Saab expected to plead guilty in federal money laundering case
MIAMI (AP) — A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is expected to plead guilty Tuesday in a federal case that accused him of bribing officials to win lucrative contracts to import food at a time of widespread…
The barranquiller businessman had already been imprisoned in the U.S. and had been handed over by Joe Biden. He was brought back to justice by Delcy Rodríguez.
Colombian businessman Alex Saab, considered for years one of the closest men to the former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, will plead guilty this Tuesday before a Miami federal court in a case of money laundering related to contracts for the import of food to Venezuela, reported The Associated Press (AP). Saab, of 54 [...] The AP entry Alex Saab will plead guilty in the United States for money laundering case was first published in Hispano…
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