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Criminal Fraud Cases
United States v. Alvaro Ledo Nass
The defendant, a former official of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), received bribes in connection with various foreign currency exchange schemes. The defendant was convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering with specified unlawful activities of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and certain offenses relating to bribery of a public official contrary to Venezuelan law.
United States v. Arturo Carlos Murillo Prijic
The defendant, the former Bolivian Minister of Government, was sentenced to 70 months’ imprisonment having received at least $532,000 in bribe payments from a Florida-based company in exchange for helping that company secure an approximately $5.6 million contract in 2019 to provide tear gas and other non-lethal equipment to the Bolivian Ministry of Defense. The defendant pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering with specified unlawful activity of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).