HALISTER1: Brazil Probes Alleged Money Laundering on Sales to PDVSA: Rtrs

Brazil Probes Alleged Money Laundering on Sales to PDVSA: Rtrs

(Bloomberg) -- Brazilian police launched on Monday an operation involving possible money laundering by the agricultural arm of PDVSA through imports of agricultural equipment from Brazil, Reuters reports, citing unidentified authorities.
  • Scheme has been under investigation for three years
    • Venezuela’s Tracto America bought agricultural equipment from Brazil’s America Trading, and sold to PDVSA at inflated prices, Reuters cites police
  • Extra money was distributed to front companies, with some landed in accounts in Brazil but mostly abroad in Panama, U.S. and Switzerland among other countries
  • Owner of Tracto America was arrested in Madrid with Interpol’s help and also under investigation in Venezuela for foreign exchange crimes and smuggling
To contact the reporter on this story: Chua Baizhen in Singapore at bchua14@bloomberg.net

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