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Maduro ally Alex Saab pleads guilty in a $195M money laundering case, agrees to cooperate

A close ally of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro long described by U.S. officials as the ousted leader's frontman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of money laundering tied to an alleged bribery conspiracy to win lucrative government contracts in the South American country.

Maduro ally Alex Saab pleads guilty in a $195M money laundering case, agrees to cooperate

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A close ally of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro long described by U.S.

officials as the ousted leader's frontman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of money laundering tied to an alleged bribery conspiracy to win lucrative government contracts in the South American country.

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A close ally of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro long described by U.S. officials as the ousted leader's frontman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of money laundering tied to an alleged bribery conspiracy to win lucrative government contracts in the South American country.

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