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Five charged with money laundering in alleged Venezuela bribery scheme, says DOJ -Breaking

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(Reuters) – Five individuals were charged with laundering money in relation to an alleged Venezuela bribery scam, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

According to the DOJ, three Colombians were indicted by the Southern District of Florida grand jury. Two Venezuelans were also charged.

According to the indictment, the accused allegedly laundered proceeds from a corruption scheme for inflated contracts via a Venezuelan state-run food distribution program called CLAP.

According to the DOJ, between 2015 and at most 2020 they worked with other people in order to transfer money from Antigua bank accounts into U.S. accounts.

The DOJ stated that they had received $1.6 billion in Venezuelan currency and sent $180million through the United States.

According to the DOJ, these five were: Alvaro Pulido Vargas (57), of Colombia, Jose Gregorio Vielma Mora (55), of Venezuela; Emmanuel Enrique Rubio Gonzalez (32) of Colombia, Carlos Rolando Lizcano Manrique (55) of Colombia, and Ana Guillermo Luis (49) of Venezuela.

Reuters was unable to reach the representatives of any individuals for comment immediately.

According to the department, each person could be sentenced to a maximum of 100 years prison time if convicted.

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