US Prosecutor’s Office asks to dismiss 7 of the 8 money laundering charges against Álex Saab

The Prosecutor’s Office of USA He asked a Miami court on Monday to dismiss seven of the eight charges related to money laundering that the Colombian-Venezuelan businessman faces. Alex Saab, alleged front man of the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.

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The American prosecutor Kurt Lunkenheimer asked to drop the seven money laundering charges and leave only the conspiracy to commit that crime based on the “guarantees made to the Republic of Cape Verde during the extradition process ”, that took place on October 16 with the arrival of Saab a Miami.

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The motion was presented by Lunkenheimer this Monday, the day a hearing was scheduled in which the eight charges were to be read against Saab, a procedure that was postponed to November 15.

The Prosecutor’s Office indicates in the brief document published in the US electronic judicial system that the petition includes only Saab, and not the other implicated, in reference to the Colombian businessman Álvaro Pulido, included in the same criminal process.

According to the prosecution, since May 2019, more than a year before his capture in Cape Verde due to an order issued through Interpol, Saab is subject to sanctions by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury.

Prosecutors believe that he laundered more than $ 350 million to pay for corruption of the Venezuelan president through the US financial system.

The press did not have access to today’s appointment through Zoom or in person after some media published photos of Saab during the first hearing taken from that platform on October 18, which is illegal.

Regarding the hearing, which today was chaired by the first-stay judge Edwin G. Torres, there were no details.

The judicial files of USA also published today a document signed by Saab and by his lawyer, Henry Bell, in which the Colombian businessman resigned to appear on Monday both in person and in the internet version of the hearing through the Zoom platform.

At the hearing, in which the attorney for Saab He told Efe that he was going to be declared “not guilty,” it was also expected that the defense would request bail.

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