U.S. Indicts Venezuelan Owner of News Network, Former Venezuelan National Treasurer and Former Owner of Bank for Money Laundering Conspiracy

On November 20, 2018, U.S. law enforcement announced the unsealing of an indictment on November 19 against Raul Gorrin Belisario (Gorrin), 50, a Venezuelan billionaire and owner of the Globovision news network, for his role in a billion-dollar currency exchange and money laundering scheme.  Gabriel Arturo Jimenez Aray (Jimenez), 50, a former Venezuelan national treasurer, and Alejandro Andrade Cedeno (Andrade), 54, a former owner of Banco Peravia bank in the Dominican Republic, both pleaded guilty in proceedings unsealed on November 20 for their roles in the scheme.[1]