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Luxury NYC pads worth $40 million tied to Venezuelan ‘boligarchs’ currency scam: report
Robert Gearty

 The feds are seeking forfeiture of seven New York City properties—worth $40 million—as part of a Miami indictment accusing Raul Gorrin, a Venezuela media mogul with close ties to Venezuela strongman President Nicolas Maduro, of money laundering (Globovision)

As the Venezuela crisis grows, U.S. prosecutors have tied seven New York City apartments to a billion-dollar currency exchange scheme involving the country’s “boligarchs” and corrupt government officials, according to a report.

The feds seek forfeiture of the properties—worth $40 million—as part of a Miami indictment accusing a Venezuela media mogul with close ties to disputed President Nicolas Maduro of money laundering, the New York Post reported Monday.

Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/luxury-nyc-pads-worth-40-million-tied-to-venezuelan-boligarchs-currency-scam-report

You see, this kind of corruption has gone on in Latin America for ages. What makes this difference?

Well, Venezuela has seen 3,000,000 refugees flee but is this so different than a lot of these people trying to cross the border here?  I suppose this is a bit of an indictment on Latin America. Latin America has been relatively quiet as far as governments and all goes for some time... but this with Venezuela has again, garnered attention for that area.