The US Justice accused the chavista magistrate Maikel Moreno of committing bribery and money laundering

The United States Attorney’s Office of South Florida (USA) this Thursday accused the former president of the Supreme Court of Justice from Venezuela, Maikel Morenofor receiving bribes in exchange for using his position to resolve civil and criminal cases.

Moreno was indicted for conspiracy to commit money launderingconcealment and by participate in transactions of assets derived from criminal activities.

The magistrate of the Chavista regime, received more than 10 million dollars in bribes of Venezuelan contractors who had agreements with entities of the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro.

In 2014, prior to his appointment as Chief Justice, received a million dollars through bank transfers by a Venezuelan contractor for resolving future criminal cases in favor of this person.

According to the Florida attorney’s office, Maikel Moreno also laundered money from a businessman accused in the United States of a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to have the case dismissed.

It also agreed to authorize the judicial seizure of a General Motors automobile factory (valued at about 100 million dollars) in exchange for a percentage interest on the proceeds of the sale of the company.

Moreno used the money from the bribes to buy or renovate properties around the world, including a villa in Tuscany, Italyfor €2.4 million, a mansion in La Romana, Dominican Republicfor $1.5 milliona building in Las Mercedes in Caracas Venezuelafor $1.3 millionand an apartment in Miami for $1.3 million.

He also used the proceeds from bribes to buy luxury cars, pay for trips for himself and his family, as well as spend more than $300,000 for a musical performance at your wedding.

During his tenure as Supreme Court magistrate, Moreno influenced judicial decisions in Venezuelasince he had the authority to determine the jury who knew the cases within the agency and the power of appoint or remove lower court judges, according to the criminal indictment filed by the Florida prosecutor’s office. This activity lasted from 2014 to March 2019.

Each of the money laundering offenses carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, and each of the charges of participating in transactions with property derived from criminal activity carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.

(With information from AFP)

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