Víctor Aular is accused by Minister Tareck El Aissami of participating in a scheme to embezzle more than four billion from Petróleos de Venezuela during the administration of Rafael Ramírez. Aular’s name also appears in an accusation by the United States Attorney’s Office against five Venezuelans, the so-called Operation Money Leak case, for participating in the laundering of 1.2 billion dollars involving PDVSA.
The attorney general imposed by the former constituent assembly, Tarek William Saab, reported on Tuesday the arrest of Víctor Aular, who served as vice president of finance for Petróleos de Venezuela in 2013.
Aular’s arrest came hours after the Oil Minister, Tareck El Aissami, linked him to an alleged embezzlement for more than four billion dollars during the management of Rafael Ramírez, whom he directly accused of commanding the operation.
In a message posted on his Twitter accountSaab assured that Aular “signed the loan contract with the Atlantic Administrator, responsible for an embezzlement of close to 5 billion dollars.”
#NOW #STOPPED Victor Aular, who came to occupy the position of Vice President of Finance during the #criminal management of Rafael Ramirez: said subject signed the loan contract with the Atlantic Administrator, responsible for an embezzlement close to $5 billion pic.twitter.com/8INLoVyygf
— Tarek William Saab (@TarekWiliamSaab) August 30, 2022
According to El Aissami, 28 payments were made from PDVSA to two funds abroad called “Violet” and “Huelca”, managed by the brothers Luis Alfonso and Ignacio Oberto Anselmi.
This after on February 29, 2012 the Administrator Atlantic 17107, owned by citizen Juan Andrés Wallis Brandt, presented a financing proposal to the state oil company for 17,490 million strong bolívares for a period of 24 months; and that on March 6 of that year, Rafael Ramírez, in a shareholders’ meeting, approved the money and began paying large sums of money in dollars.
The officials Abraham Ortega and Víctor Aular were present there.
Aular’s name also appears in an indictment by the United States Attorney’s Office against five Venezuelans, andhe so-called Operation Money Leak casefor participating in the laundering of 1,200 million dollars involving the state oil company, PDVSA.
Of the three officers mentioned, it is clearly stated that Officer 1, who approved a loan on December 17, 2014, is a vice president of PDVSA. Although the position or name is not specified, since it was a financial issue, he had to go through the Vice President of Finance of the state oil company. At that time he was Víctor Aular.
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