Gorrín, 56, who was close to Venezuela’s late president, Hugo Chávez, and his successor, Nicolás Maduro, was charged alone with one court of conspiracy to commit money laundering. If he’s ever caught and convicted, the offense carries up to 20 years in prison.

The United States on Wednesday charged a Venezuela media tycoon for his role in a massive bribery scheme that saw hundreds of millions of dollars laundered through the U.S. financial system.

The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that a Venezuelan television news network owner was charged in an alleged $1.2 billion money laundering scheme.

Venezuelan TV owner Raul Gorrin Belisario, 56, has been indicted in $1.2B money laundering scheme, linked to Venezuela’s energy company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.

Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro on Friday appointed controversial businessman Alex Saab as the country’s minister of industry and production, despite the charges that had been brought against him in the United States for allegedly running a massive corruption and money-laundering scheme.

The United States has made a big announcement involving a Venezuelan media mogul named Raul Gorrin Belisario. He is known for owning a news network called Globovision, which is recognized for supporting the Venezuelan government led by President Nicolas Maduro.

A Venezuelan media tycoon has been charged in federal court in Florida for what authorities say was his role in laundering money in a conspiracy to siphon more than $1 billion from Venezuela's state oil company.

A Venezuelan television news network owner has been charged by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida for his role in a $1.2 billion scheme to launder funds. The indictment was unsealed after evidence was presented in the Florida courthouse showing that the laundered funds were allegedly corruptly obtained from Venezuela’s state-owned