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(Bloomberg) -- Three former employees of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in Dec. 2015, according to statement published on the U.S. Department of Justice website.

• According to the statement, Jose Luis Ramos Castillo, 38; Christian Javier Maldonado Barillas, 39; Alfonzo Eliezer Gravina Munoz, 39; all from Katy, Texas, said they accepted bribes from Abraham Jose Shiera-Bastida and Roberto Enrique Rincon Fernandez while employed by PDVSA, or its wholly owned subsidiaries
  • NOTE: From yesterday, Venezuelan Man Pleads Guilty in Oil Contract Bribery Case
• Bribes “exchanged for taking certain actions to assist companies owned by Shiera and Rincon in winning energy contracts with PDVSA”