07/18/2018
Former Venezuelan official pleads guilty in Houston to conspiracy charges in connection with bribery scheme
HOUSTON — An executive with dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizenship pleaded guilty Monday for his role in a scheme to bribe officials of Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
This investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Houston, Texas, with assistance from HSI Boston, HSI Madrid and the IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/former-venezuelan-official-pleads-guilty-houston-conspiracy-charges-connection-bribery