MIL-OSI Security: Two Financial Asset Managers Charged in Alleged $1 2 Billion Venezuelan Money Laundering Scheme foreignaffairs.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from foreignaffairs.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p><span>Two financial asset managers have been charged with money laundering as part of a $1.2 billion international scheme to launder funds corruptly obtained from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).</span></p>
Alex Nain Saab Moran (Saab), 49, a Colombian citizen, will make his initial appearance in federal court in Miami, Florida, today after being extradited from
United States Attorney s Office for the[ ] (via Public) / Colombian Businessman Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Cabo Verde publicnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from publicnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Department of Justice argues the Maduro associate is trying to challenge the federal money-laundering charge against him without ever stepping foot in a U.S. courtroom.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters from a balcony at the presidential palace in Caracas on Jan. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
(CN) Prosecutors are urging a federal judge to preserve the fugitive status of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s associate Alex Saab in hopes of completing his extradition from Africa on a money-laundering charge.
Saab, a wealthy Venezuelan businessman, was detained in the West African nation of Cape Verde in June 2020 on an extradition request from the U.S. Department of Justice.