Smartmatic executive indicted, accused of money laundering in Philippines
- Smartmatic executives Roger Alejandro Piñate Martinez and Jorge Miguel Vasquez are indicted for bribing Juan Andres Donato Bautista, the former top election official in the Philippines.
- Prosecutors allege they funded over $1 million in bribes through a slush fund, created by over-invoicing voting machines for the 2016 elections.
- Piñate and Vasquez face charges under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, while Bautista and a fourth individual face money laundering charges.
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Smartmatic Head Charged with Bribing Election Officials to Get Contracts in Philippines
A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida indicted the founder and president of voting machine company Smartmatic, Roger Piñate, on Thursday for his alleged role in a bribery and money laundering scheme related to the 2016 Philippine elections. The post Smartmatic Head Charged with Bribing Election Officials to Get Contracts in Philippines appeared first on Breitbart.
Smartmatic executives charged in alleged Philippine bribery, money laundering scheme
Federal prosecutors have indicted a co-founder of the Smartmatic voting machine company, saying he and other executives took part in a bribery and money laundering scheme in the Philippines.According to a Justice Department statement on Thursday, the indictment by a federal grand jury alleges that between 2015 and 2018, Roger Piñate, a Venezuelan citizen and resident of Boca Raton, Florida, and Jorge Miguel Vasquez, a U.S. citizen and resident o…
Smartmatic head charged with bribing Philippine election officials for contracts - Washington Examiner
The founder of the Smartmatic voting machine company was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday for allegedly conspiring to pay a $1 million bribe to win a contract for the 2016 election in the Philippines. Venezuelan national Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez was indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida, where he resides. The indictment accuses him of conspiring to pay a $1 million bribe to secure a contract for the 2016 Philippine election, acc…
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