A Venezuelan television news network owner has been charged by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida for his role in a $1.2 billion scheme to launder funds.
The indictment was unsealed after evidence was presented in the Florida courthouse showing that the laundered funds were allegedly corruptly obtained from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
Gorrin to “clean” money for hundreds of millions
It was later presented that the defendant, Raul Gorrin Belisario (Gorrin), would “clean” these ill-gotten gains in exchange for hundreds of millions in bribe payments to Venezuelan officials. Gorrin was not present at the indictment; he remains at large and is being pursued by several federal offices on separate matters.
“This action by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working against global illegal activities with our international and domestic partners, significantly upholds the rule of law,” said Executive Associate Director Katrina W. Berger of HSI…