One day after the second arraignment hearing against Alex Saab, the alleged front man of Nicolás Maduro, the Judge Robert Scola of the United States Southern District Court agreed that as of January 3, 2022 at 9 in the morning and during the following two weeks of that date, the formal trial will begin against Saab accused of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The Colombian businessman is involved in a case of paying bribes to divert $ 350 million from state contracts of the government of Venezuela. An indictment that recently pleaded not guilty.
By the end of December its lawyers must present the evidence, witnesses and evidences that support Saab’s declaration of innocence before the jury. Nevertheless, the defense can still request more time to evaluate the evidence and consider a plea change.
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This date is known at the same time that the sentence of the professor and former Saab partner, Bruce Bagley, was announced, who will have to pay six months in prison in a money laundering case related to Venezuela. Bagley said Saab would be cooperating with US authorities before he was formally charged. for money laundering.
