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(schnipp) ...Furthermore, Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson [UID 684165] has a number of business partners closely associated with the so-called "New Bolivarian Elite," Venezuelan businessmen closely linked to the country's President, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias [UID 666], and whose activities are suspect. Let us look at a couple of his small circle of friends, all of whom qualify as Politically Exposed Persons, also known as PEPs:

Wladimir Abad, who is the secretary in Antonini's Florida company, Foxdelta Investments Inc., (the address is Antonini's Mashta Island, Key Biscayne home) is also the secretary of a Delaware company, American Food Grain, Inc. (AFG). A private jet owned by AFG, N700SA, was seized recently in Florida by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Abad is also the Vice President of Antonini company Techmilk, Inc.
The principal officer at AFG is Ricardo Fernandez Barrueco [UID 404048], head of Venezuelan agribusiness giant Proarepa (it owns 27 companies), and reported to be the front man for Chavez family holdings. He is reputed to be the only businessman who has 24-hour access to the President.
Another Proarepa principal is Sarkis Arslanian Beyloune [UID 404049] , a Venezuelan of Syrian descent who was deported from the US, and had his visa cancelled, reportedly for suspicion of narcotics trafficking and money laundering.
The president of Antonini's company Foxdelta Investments Inc. is Franklin Duran who, with Carlos Kaufman [UID 239412] , control Venoco, one of the principal players in the government-controlled Venezuelan petroleum industry. The beneficial owners of Venoco have never been identified. These gentlemen are reported to be financial supporters of the Venezuelan government, and are socially involved with Antonini in racing Ferraris internationally, including the unsanctioned Gumball Rally. Antonini's business card lists him as Vice President/Advisor at Venoco, with his Miami cellular telephone number and a Venoco e-mail address. Exactly what does he do for Venoco?...

--- "Was the $800,000 the tip of the iceberg? ," Kenneth Rijok, in "From a Different Angle" Worldcheck.com, 13 August 2007 http://www.world-check.com/articles/2007/08/13/was-800000-tip-iceberg/ (/schnipp)