{"id":52892,"date":"2023-04-19T18:15:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T01:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52892"},"modified":"2023-04-19T18:15:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T01:15:44","slug":"former-venezuelan-national-treasurer-and-her-husband-sentenced-for-money-laundering-and-bribery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52892","title":{"rendered":"Former Venezuelan National Treasurer and Her Husband Sentenced for Money Laundering and Bribery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>WASHINGTON D.C.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"node-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The former National Treasurer of Venezuela and her husband were each sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for their roles in a multibillion-dollar bribery and money laundering scheme, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents, Claudia Patricia D\u00edaz Guillen, 49, and her husband, Adrian Jos\u00e9 Vel\u00e1squez, 43, accepted and laundered over $136 million in bribes from co-conspirator Ra\u00fal Gorrin Belisario, a Venezuelan billionaire businessman who owned Globovision news network. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Gorrin allegedly paid bribes to D\u00edaz, including through Vel\u00e1squez, to obtain access to purchase bonds from the Venezuela National Treasury at a favorable exchange rate, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars of profit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The conspiracy involved bulk cash hidden in cardboard boxes, offshore shell companies, Swiss bank accounts, and international wire transfers allegedly sent by Gorrin for D\u00edaz and Vel\u00e1squez\u2019s benefit, including to purchase multiple private jets and yachts and funding a high-end fashion line started by D\u00edaz and Vel\u00e1squez in South Florida.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2gNTuyenMkQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cAs a result of the Department of Justice\u2019s relentless efforts, the defendants will serve lengthy prison terms for their roles in a massive bribery and money laundering scheme in which D\u00edaz abused her role as the Venezuelan National Treasurer,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department\u2019s Criminal Division.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe sentences imposed against former Venezuelan National Treasurer D\u00edaz and her husband send a clear message:\u00a0 The United States will not tolerate its financial systems being used as personal money laundering tools by corrupt foreign officials,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">D\u00edaz and Vel\u00e1squez were each convicted after trial in December 2022 of money laundering offenses.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Gorrin was first charged by indictment in August 2018 and remains charged in the superseding indictment as a co-conspirator in the same money laundering scheme. He is currently a fugitive residing in Venezuela.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Gorrin is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">HSI Miami, FBI Miami, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General (FDIC-OIG) investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Trial Attorneys Paul Hayden and Michael Culhane Harper of the Criminal Division\u2019s Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kurt Lunkenheimer and Joshua Paster for the Southern District of Florida prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Fraud Section is responsible for investigating and prosecuting FCPA matters. Additional information about the Justice Department\u2019s FCPA enforcement efforts can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/criminal\/fraud\/fcpa\">www.justice.gov\/criminal\/fraud\/fcpa<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON D.C. 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