{"id":48266,"date":"2021-10-18T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T21:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=48266"},"modified":"2021-10-18T14:33:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T21:33:32","slug":"colombian-businessman-extradited-to-u-s-for-allegedly-money-laundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=48266","title":{"rendered":"Colombian Businessman Extradited to U.S. for Allegedly Money Laundering"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FLORIDA<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Alex Nain Saab Moran, 49, a Colombian citizen, was charged in an indictment with money laundering, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"brownSaab was extradited from Cabo Verde, an archipelago nation west of continental Africa, at the request of the United States. \u00a0according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

The money laundering was done in connection with a scheme to pay bribes to take advantage of\u00a0 Venezuela\u2019s government-controlled exchange rate. <\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, on July 25, 2019, Saab was charged along with Alvaro Pulido Vargas, aka German Enrique Rubio Salas, 55, also a Colombian citizen, in an eight-count indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and seven counts of money laundering. <\/span><\/p>\n

The indictment alleges that beginning around November 2011 and until September 2015, Saab and Pulido conspired with others to launder the proceeds of an illegal bribery scheme from bank accounts located in Venezuela to and through bank accounts located in the United States. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"silverAccording to the indictment, Saab and Pulido obtained a contract with the Venezuelan government in November 2011 to build low-income housing units. <\/span><\/p>\n

The defendants and their co-conspirators then took advantage of Venezuela\u2019s government-controlled exchange rate, under which U.S. dollars could be obtained at a favorable rate, by submitting false and fraudulent import documents for goods and materials that were never imported into Venezuela and bribing Venezuelan government officials to approve those documents. <\/span><\/p>\n

The indictment alleges that the unlawful activity was a bribery scheme that violated the FCPA and involved bribery offenses against Venezuela. <\/span><\/p>\n

It also alleges that meetings in furtherance of the bribe payments occurred in Miami and that Saab and Pulido wired money related to the scheme to bank accounts in the Southern District of Florida. <\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of the scheme, Saab and Pulido transferred approximately $350 million out of Venezuela, through the United States, to overseas accounts they owned or controlled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On June 12, 2020, Saab was detained in the Republic of Cabo Verde,<\/span><\/p>\n

The United States thereafter submitted a formal extradition request, which Saab opposed. On March 16, the Cabo Verdean Supreme Court approved the extradition of Saab. <\/span><\/p>\n

After further litigation concerning Saab\u2019s detention and extradition between Saab\u2019s lawyers and the Cabo Verdean Attorney General\u2019s Office, on Aug. 30, the Constitutional Court of Cabo Verde dismissed his appeal, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Oct. 13, it denied the last reconsideration request by Saab and certified the completion of the proceedings concerning the extradition of Saab to the United States. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Minister of Justice of Cabo Verde then ordered his surrender, consistent with the court orders, resulting in Saab\u2019s arrival in the U.S.on Oct. 16.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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