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Venezuelan Business Executive Charged in Connection with International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
The Daily Fodder ^ | November 25, 2020 | The Editors

Posted on 11/25/2020 3:33:55 PM PST by CheshireTheCat

A dual Venezuelan-Italian citizen who controlled multiple companies via U.S. based bank accounts was charged in an indictment returned Tuesday for his role in laundering the proceeds of inflated contracts that were obtained by making bribe payments to officials at Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).

Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent in Charge Anthony Salisbury of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami Field Office, and Acting Special Agent in Charge Tyler R. Hatcher of the IRS Criminal Investigation’s (IRS-CI) Miami Field Office made the announcement.

Natalino D’Amato, 61, of Venezuela, was charged in an 11-count indictment filed in the Southern District of Florida. D’Amato was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, four counts of international money laundering, three counts of promotional money laundering, and three counts of engaging in transactions involving criminally derived property....

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government
KEYWORDS: damato; natalinodamato; venezuela
I wonder if this guy knows anything about the relationship between U.S. government officials and the Venezuelan government and would be willing to trade what he knows for kinder and gentler treatment.
1 posted on 11/25/2020 3:33:55 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat

No!

It can’t be!

Venezuela is a Socialist country, unpolluted by Capitalism!

/S


2 posted on 11/25/2020 5:09:51 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Intersectionality. Does that word work here?

What is the intersectionality of this money laundering guy with the 2020 election?


3 posted on 11/25/2020 7:56:19 PM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon. )
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