This Wednesday, the Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, reported that there are currently 51 citizens involved in various corruption schemes, of which 34 are involved in PDVSA-Crypto. Only for the PDVSA-Crypto plot, 34 people are detained, 6 for the judicial corruption plot, a mayor of Las Tejerías, nine for the CVG and one for Cartones de Venezuela. The prosecutor reported that those who have been prosecuted so far have confessed their crimes and have implicated other criminals.
“In this all-out fight against corruption, we have uncovered 31 corruption schemes,” Saab revealed. He highlighted that 127 people are currently being investigated, 16 are on trial and 75 have already been sentenced.
#EnVideo📹| Fiscal General, @TarekWiliamCan He said that 31 corruption schemes have been discovered within PDVSA with 127 people investigated; In addition, there are 10 in preliminary investigation, 16 on trial and 75 convicted, for a total of 228 people.#PuebloEnOraciónYPaz pic.twitter.com/5xKHGES7dj
— VTV CHANNEL 8 (@VTVcanal8) April 5, 2023
Likewise, he pointed out in a press conference broadcast by the state channel VTV, that after the first captures, the detainees have been interrogated “and in the investigation phases the criminals have confessed and have created new elements and new plots.” Therefore, new arrests are not ruled out in the near future.
In this same order of ideas, Saab explained that “the hearing of the new detainees ended at 6 in the morning today, we were monitoring this historic action led by the MP as head of the criminal action.”
He assured that since the corruption investigations in PDVSA began, there have been 262 people prosecuted for being immersed in crimes in the oil industry, of which 34 (as he explained before) have been in recent days.
#EnVideo📹| Fiscal General, @TarekWiliamCan reported that to date 34 people have been detained, including public officials and financial operators, for the corruption plot discovered in PDVSA-Crypto.#PuebloEnOraciónYPaz pic.twitter.com/kWOUkY3m7l
— VTV CHANNEL 8 (@VTVcanal8) April 5, 2023
#EnVideo📹| Fiscal General, @TarekWiliamCan He explained that the detainees have confessed and have led the MP to investigate other corruption schemes, thanks to the interviews and investigations.#PuebloEnOraciónYPaz pic.twitter.com/CKVeXunoEf
— VTV CHANNEL 8 (@VTVcanal8) April 5, 2023
In relation to the information that various media outlets disseminated, regarding the fact that Roberto Enrique Rincón Fernández and Abraham José Shiera Bastidas are being prosecuted in the United States for illegal corruption and have testified about their cases, Saab emphasized that these people are being requested in Venezuela for the same crimes, which proves that the MP “is on the right track.”
List of the 34 detainees for the PDVSA Crypto plot:
-Joselit Ramirez Camacho
-Antonio Perez Suarez
-Jose Agustin Ramos
-Yamil Martinez
-Odoardo Jose Bordones
-Heinrich Chapellín
-Jesus Enrique Salazar
– Rajiv Alberto Mosqueda
-Renny Gerardo Barrientos
-Hugbel Roa
-Manuel Meneses
-Rogers Ramirez Dorante
-Rafael Perdomo
-Roger Perdomo
-Daniel Prieto
-Kristhofer Barrios
-Johanna Torres
-Alejandro Arroyo
-Bernardo Arosio
-Fernando Bermudez
-Leonardo Torres
-Jackeline Perico
-Jose Lima
-Jesus Ramirez
– Jose Luis Silva
-Gustavo Carmona
-John Moreno
-Pedro Fernandez
-Oscar Rojas
-Jean Golman Meyer
-Cardozo Gonzalez
-Luis Guzman
-Miguel Irigoyen
“Regarding the judicial corruption plot, there are six people arrested. These are Cristóbal Cornieles Perret, José Mascimino Márquez, Yorwis Johan Bracho Gómez, Loreannys Mariana Mejías, Mario Aquino Pisano and Fabiola Andreina Torrealba”, explained Saab.
Regarding the corruption plot in the Mayor’s Office of the Santos Michelena municipality (Las Tejerías, Aragua), the attorney general indicated that former mayor Pedro Hernández is listed as detained; while for the cases of corruption linked to the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG) there are nine people arrested. These are:
-Pedro Rolando Maldonado Marín, president of the CVG
-Edgar José Sánchez La Mantía, Vice President of Strategic Marketing Planning
-Felipe Santiago Contreras Caldera, Vice President of the Iron and Steel Sector
-Lino Jairo Mora Gómez, Executive Vice President
-Tulio José Medina Gianfelice, Vice President of Administration and Finance
-Carlos Eduardo Moreno Gonzalez, general manager of Traffic and Customs
-Johan Manuel Sequera Manrique, Office Director
-Isaac Mouhamad Salazar Guerrero, General Manager of Legal Affairs
-Néstor Rolando Astudillo Leal, president of the Siderúrgica del Orinoco (Sidor)
Finally, Tarek William Saab pointed out that in the case of the Cartones de Venezuela company, so far there is only one detainee, who was identified as Hugo César Cabezas Bracamonte.
Finally, the prosecutor emphasized that President Nicolás Maduro together with the Public Ministry and the public powers ratify their commitment in the fight against corruption. “Venezuela is an example of the fight against corruption,” he reiterated.
Regarding the former Minister of Oil, Tareck El Aissami and his possible relationship with the acts of corruption, the prosecutor preferred not to advance details of the investigation.
With information from El Universal
