Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Former Swiss banker sentenced for money laundering in Venezuela


A former Swiss banker has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a plot to launder $1.2 billion (CHF1.2 billion) from Venezuela's state-owned oil company. The case also implicates President Nicolas Maduro's stepsons. The former Julius Baer banker, Matthias Krull, was sentenced on Monday in federal court in Miami, where he pleaded guilty on August 22. He admitted joining a network of money launderers that used real estate and false-investment schemes to hide funds taken from Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. More…

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