Alex Saab, ally of Venezuela's Maduro, pleads guilty in US corruption case

Hindustan Times · 16 Sept, 0:08

Alex Saab, ally of Venezuela's Maduro, pleads guilty in US corruption case

USA-VENEZUELA-SAAB:Alex Saab, ally of Venezuela's Maduro, pleads guilty in US corruption case

Sept 15 - A Colombian-born businessman with close ties to ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a U.S. corruption case, as federal prosecutors prepare separately to take Maduro to trial next year.

Alex Saab entered the plea to one count of money laundering conspiracy at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami, court records show.