Region: Venezuela - Global Investigations Review

Venezuela investigates a US$1.3 billion lease agreement with PetroSaudi

16 March 2017

Venezuela Supreme Court annuls PDVSA congressional probe

28 October 2016

US prosecutors preparing PDVSA-related charges and asset seizures

26 October 2016

Venezuela: Congress report says US$11 billion missing from state oil company

20 October 2016

Venezuela's PDVSA finds fraud during audit investigation

15 July 2016

Oil contractor granted bail following bribery guilty plea

26 May 2016

Swiss bank records given to SDNY in corruption probe

24 March 2016

Former DAP executive sentenced to imprisonment for bribery

Tomas Alberto Clarke Bethancourt, the former managing partner of US brokerage firm Direct Access Partners, was sentenced to two years in prison on 9 December for passing kickbacks on to a senior official of Venezuela’s state-owned development bank, Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social de Venezuela, in exchange for business, GIR Just Anti-Corruption reports.

10 December 2015

US companies worried by bribery probe into Venezuelan state oil company

US oil and gas companies, which have been winning more contracts in Venezuela since 2013, are worried about the continuing investigation by US authorities into corruption at Venezuela’s state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), according to reports.

27 October 2015

US authorities investigating corruption allegations at Venezuelan state oil company

US federal prosecutors are investigating corruption allegations at Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, according to The Wall Street Journal.

22 October 2015