Federal prosecutors are preparing to charge several
individuals and confiscate their property over the alleged looting of
Venezuela’s state oil company in what may amount to one of the biggest asset
seizures in U.S. history. Three people familiar with the case say the
government has been investigating at least a dozen Venezuelans and is expected
to file charges in Houston against a few of them as soon as next month. Those
on the list, including former executives of Petroleos de Venezuela SA, known as
PDVSA, are suspected of having taken bribes from middlemen to award contracts
at inflated prices, helping to siphon more than $11 billion out of the country.
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