The Public Ministry (MP) will impute in the next few hours the people involved in the plot of corruption led, among others, by Hugbel Roa, reported the Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab.
Through his account on the social network Twitter, Saab pointed out that Roa, despite being a deputy, dispatched from Petrocedeño’s main office in Anzoátegui state.
“In the next few hours, based on the Law, the MP will charge before the competent court all those detained for the corruption plot led (among others) by Hugbel Roa, who despite being a deputy, dispatched from the main office of Petrocedeño ( Anz)”, published the Attorney General.
The current case of corruption in Petróleos de Venezuela, SA (PDVSA), which the authorities are investigating involves the National Superintendence of Cryptoactives (Sunacrip).
In this case, called by the attorney general the network PDVSA-Cryptoit was possible to detect that a network of officials, using their position and their levels of authority, proceeded to carry out parallel oil operations to Petróleos de Venezuela.
Arrested for corruption in PDVSA
So far, they are prisoners 11 businessmen and 10 public officials for corruption in PDVSA, who will additionally be charged with the crime of Treason against the Homeland, for having violated their loyalty oath, failing in their duties and ethics inherent to public office.
“These public workers mocked the need of the people, they were merciless against the workers, the father of the family to enrich themselves illegally,” Saab said in recent statements.
All these detainees are charged with the crimes of appropriation or distraction of public property, boasting or use of relationships or influences, money laundering and association.
The accusation process is expected, which will lead to the contact of others involved, added the Prosecutor.
Who are the detainees?
The public officials arrested are:
- Antonio José Pérez Suárez, Vice President of Commerce and Supply of PDVSA and head of the corruption structure
- Joselit de La Trinidad Ramirez Camacho, National Superintendent of Crypto Assets and crypto financial operator
- Hugbel Rafael Roa Carucciformer deputy of the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
- Jose Augustin Ramos
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- Odoardo Jose Bordones
- Heinrich Chapellin Biundo
- Jesus Enrique Salazar
These last five officials were from PDVSA’s Vice Presidency of Commerce and Supply with positions of responsibility for contracting, commerce, and cargo operations.
- Rajiv Alberto Mosqueda and Renny Gerardo Barrientos, both from the Digital Mining and Associated Processes Administration.
Arrested businessmen
as long as The 11 “businessmen” arrested are:
- Manuel Meneses, financial operator and adviser to the head of the structure
- Rogers Martínez, coordinator of financial operations and liaison between public officials and associated businessmen.
- Rafael Perdomo and Roger Perdomo, brothers who acted as associated businessmen and national financial operators to legitimize the capital.
- Daniel Prieto, associated businessman and financial operator at a national and international level. He fled to the Dominican Republic but is already in prison.
- Kristhonfer Barrios
- Johanna Torres
- Alejandro Arroyo
- Bernardo Arosio
- Fernando Bermudez
- leonardo torres
“These subjects laundered money and legitimized capital, they were assigned million-dollar contracts, which they almost never fulfilled, even some from the time when Hugbel Roa was Minister for Food, already came with a record that was being monitored that culminated in his detention,” Saab added.
Likewise, it reported that 11 more people are under arrest warrant:
Juan Manuel Afonso, Manuel Ramón Afonso, brothers who acted as associated businessmen and international financial operators to legitimize illicitly obtained capital
William Rivas, Ximena Cagides Parada, Eduardo Noriega, José Luis Fernández, Olvani Gaspari, Railin Elizabeth Yépez (known as the model Ely Jeims), Rodolfo Moleiro, Alejandro Londoño and Yuravic Ravello, also a well-known model and social media influencer.
“Several of the ladies who recruit men and women to legitimize capital are part of this group of people linked to businessmen. They demonstrated a lifestyle that does not correspond to any public official and less in the case of any of these ladies who do not have a study or work origin, suddenly they appeared linking themselves to these subjects, giving themselves a life that honestly not even the princes of the world Gulf they give it to him ”, affirmed the prosecutor Saab.
All these detainees will be charged with the crimes of: appropriation or distraction of public property, boasting or use of relationships or influences, money laundering and association.
Since August: 30 corruption plots
The attorney general, Tarek William Saab, noted that since last August to date, 30 corruption-related plots have been investigated, particularly those linked to the oil industry.
“It is a systematic action of the Venezuelan state,” he said.
In this sense, he added that for these cases 194 people have been prosecuted, 6,067 accusations have been made and 75 people have already been sentenced. In addition, 16,090 people have been charged. There are a total of 3,976 people convicted of corruption.
