The United States on Friday offered a $10 million reward for the arrest on money laundering charges of an associate of a businessman whose extradition infuriated Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
By Digital Journal
Oct 22, 2021
Alvaro Pulido, who is Colombian, has been indicted alongside Alex Saab on allegations they ran a network that exploited food aid destined for impoverished Venezuelans and moved $350 million into foreign accounts.
The West African island nation of Cape Verde earlier this month extradited Saab to the United States, enraging Maduro who suspended dialogue with the US-backed opposition.
The State Department said it was offering $10 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Pulido.
“Pulido and his co-conspirators allegedly marked-up the cost of producing the boxes of food in order to make a personal profit from their production,” an announcement said.
Pulido and four others were slapped with new charges over the scheme that were unveiled Thursday by a federal grand jury in Florida.
If convicted, Pulido and the others could each face up to 100 years in prison, according to the Justice Department.
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