Warlock- Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 One of the accused is Luis Alfredo Motta Domínguez, former Minister of Electricity, who was dismissed from the post after the blackout crisis in Venezuela. The other is the former director of acquisitions of Corpoelec, the Venezuelan state-owned electricity company. Two former Venezuelan officials have been accused of money laundering in the United States, one of them being the former Minister of Electricity, authorities said Thursday. Luis Alfredo Motta Dominguez, 60, must answer seven money laundering charges and one of illicit association, reported the federal attorney's office in Miami. Motta and Eustiquio José Lugo Gómez, 55, awarded contracts worth $ 60 million to three Miami-based companies in exchange for bribes that were laundered through financial institutions in South Florida. Lugo was director of acquisitions of the Venezuelan state company Corpoelec. The authorities said they are not prisoners. It was not clear on Thursday if they were represented by American lawyers. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro recently dismissed Motta after a series of blackouts a few months ago.
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