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Corruption at PDVSA: exhibit Chemplast Steel Industries Metals Ltd
Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is, without a doubt, the largest corruption scheme of the XXI century.
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Judge questions PDVSA US Litigation Trust standing - Deals with defendant Trafigura continue
It doesn't get any more brutal than this really, a Florida Judge - U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia Otazo-Reyes- is questioning the whole legality of PDVSA US Litigation Trust.
PDVSA seeks trading partnership with Trafigura despite lawsuit
Further to recent lawsuit pitting PDVSA against some of world’s largest oil traders, leaked documents show that PDVSA wanted to establish a trading company in Geneva, under a “non-incorporated Joint Trading Venture” with Trafigura, one of the 49 defendants named in PDVSA’s lawsuit.
Justice Dept. charges Villalobos, de Leon, Isturiz, Reiter, Rincon with bribery and money laundering
Alek Boyd
Tue, 02/13/2018 - 12:39
The U.S. Justice Department unsealed some charges yesterday related to a money laundering and bribery scheme involving some of the usual suspects exposed in this website: "Five Former Venezuelan Government Officials Charged in Money Laundering Scheme Involving Foreign Bribery"
PDVSA's Eudomario Carruyo got $28 million bribe from Rafael Ramirez's cousin
Information about Banca Privada D'Andorra (BPA), a "primary money laundering concern" according to U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), continues to be published. The latest shows how BPA Serveis (chaired by Higini Cierco) was instructed by Eudomario Carruyo, Petroleos de Venezuela's VP Finance, to create a Panamanian shell corporation to get bribes.
Derwick Associates paid bribes to Nervis Villalobos through Banca Privada D'Andorra
Evidence has emerged that Derwick Associates paid bribes to Nervis Villalobos through Banca Privada D'Andorra. A "Consulting and Advisory Services Agreement" between Derwick Associates Corp. and INGESPRE (Nervis Villalobos' vehicle) was entered by the parties on 14 January 2010. The contract's recitals imply that Derwick Associates is a foreign concern "which does have an office in Venezuela and wishes to do further business there".
Rafael Ramirez's (ex PDVSA CEO) corruption network exposed in DoJ probe
The Wall Street Journal was the first to report, in August 2014, on prosecutors from the Southern District of New York probing Venezuela's rampant corruption.