Venezuela investigates 'mega-fraud' for USD 4.85 billion
Venezuela is investigating a $4.85 billion 'mega-fraud' at the state-owned oil company PDVSA.
Petroleum Minister Tareck El Aissami, states before the Prosecutor's Office in Caracas, that PDVSA made in one year several payments for a total of 28 transfers, corresponding to the credit line of $4.85 billion agreed with the Atlantic fund in 2012.
The Atlantic fund would then have assigned the credit line to the foreign funds Violet and Vuelca, based in Panama and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines respectively. However, the minister assures, "there is no record of any payments in PDVSA's account".
Sector Vice President of Economy, Tareck el Aissami denounced a mega corruption fraud of over four billion dollars in the state company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), which incriminates fugitive former head Rafael Ramírez.
In a press conference, the also Minister of Petroleum, explained that 28 payments were made that were stolen from the national patrimony coming from the “perverse and very corrupt mind” of Ramírez and other officials.
El Aissami stressed this is one of the most serious corruption schemes that comprises the assets of Venezuela, through the oil company.
We ask the Public Ministry for a deep, exhaustive investigation and an international arrest warrant against the former official, main person responsible for the illicit plot, as well as other citizens complicit in the robbery against that industry, he said.
