Judicial Bribery
As highlighted in this article:
“A Venezuelan Supreme Court justice and former president of that court [Maikel Jose Moreno Perez] has been indicted in Florida on charges he accepted bribes totaling around $10 million in exchange for leniency or case dismissals, spending the money on luxury homes and vacations abroad.”
According to the indictment, the bribes were intended to influence the justice to resolve cases in a manner favorable to Venezuelan contractors who owned companies that received funds from Venezuelan government-controlled entities. Certain of the bribe payments were used to purchase real estate in the U.S. and/or passed through U.S. bank accounts.
