Venezuela Media Tycoon Faces Charges Over $1Bln In Bribes - US Justice Department

Umer Jamshaid Published November 21, 2018 | 02:30 AM

Venezuela Media Tycoon Faces Charges Over $1Bln in Bribes - US Justice Department

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st November, 2018) The owner of Venezuela's Globovision news network has been indicted for his role in a billion-dollar Currency exchange and money laundering scheme involving more than $1 billion in bribes, the US Department of Justice said in a press release.

"Raul Gorrin Belisario (Gorrin), 50, a Venezuelan citizen with a residence in Miami, Florida, was charged in an indictment filed on Aug. 16, 2017 in the Southern District of Florida [unsealed on Tuesday] with one count of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and nine counts of money laundering," the release said on Tuesday.

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