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Venezuelan businessman given probation in top bribery case

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Carlos Urbano Fermin admitted to paying around $1 million in bribes to a high-ranking prosecutor. The prosecutor is Venezuela's former Attorney General Luisa Ortega. Fermin was sentenced to five years probation in recognition of his efforts to expose rampant corruption.

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Venezuelan businessman given probation in top bribery case

2 years ago·United States

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Venezuelan businessman given probation in top bribery case

A bribe-paying Venezuelan businessman has been sentenced to five years’ probation in the United States in recognition of his efforts to expose rampant corruption in that country’s judiciary

2 years ago·United States

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The Toronto Star

Venezuelan businessman given probation in top bribery case

MIAMI (AP) — A bribe-paying Venezuelan businessman whose criminal case implicates a prominent opponent of President Nicolás Maduro was sentenced Monda...

2 years ago·Toronto, Canada

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Venezuelan businessman given probation in top bribery case

MIAMI (AP) — A bribe-paying Venezuelan businessman whose criminal case implicates a prominent opponent of President Nicolás Maduro was sentenced Monday to five years’ probation in recognition of his efforts to expose rampant corruption in the country’s judiciary.Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Berger had sought a reduced sentence of nearly two years imprisonment for Carlos Urbano Fermin in recognition of his “significant assistance.” But Judge R…

2 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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Venezuelan businessman given probation in top bribery case

2 years ago·Washington, United States

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Venezuelan businessman given probation in top bribery case

A bribe-paying Venezuelan businessman has been sentenced to five years’ probation in the United States in recognition of his efforts to expose rampant corruption in that country’s judiciary. Carlos Urbano Fermin last year admitted to paying around $1 million in bribes to a high-ranking prosecutor in Venezuela as insurance against any investigations into his construction company’s dealings with state-run oil giant PDVSA. Prosecutors say that he h…

2 years ago·Miami, United States

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