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Imagine the world's largest money laundering jurisdiction (Switzerland) issuing an arrest warrant for a money launderer. That is exactly what is happening to Alejandro Betancourt. The reason? His direct involvement in a scheme to loot $4+ billion out of PDVSA. He didn’t do it alone, of course. His associates from Derwick were there. Luis and Ignacio Oberto Anselmi "structured" the deal.
[UPDATED 05/12/2025] - Sources in Spain reported yesterday that Alejandro Betancourt was arrested by British police in London and released on bail.
Spain's anti corruption prosecutors Juan José Rosa Álvarez and José Grinda González presented criminal charges on July 4th against Nervis Villalobos and wife Milagros Torres, Javier Alvarado and wife Maria Consuelo Pardi and lover Cecirée Carolina Casanova, Luis Jesús Barrios Melean, Luis Carlos de León and wife Andreina Gámez Rodríguez, Julia Elba Van Den Brule, and Duro Felguera's executives Ángel Antonio del Valle Suárez and Juan Carlos Torres Inclán.
Gotham City reported this week: "Saint Barth: le PNF bloque la vente suspecte d'une villa à 28 millions: Une récente décision de justice révèle que l'oligarque russe Kirill Pisarev a tenté de racheter une propriété à Saint-Barthélemy évaluée à 28 millions d'euros à l'homme d'affaires vénézuélien Luis Oberto. Or tous deux sont visés par des enquêtes séparées du Parquet national financier.
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