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​Former PdVSA financial chief Ortega ordered by US judge to forfeit $12 million, assets in banks

( June 24, 2019, 18:41 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Abraham Edgardo Ortega, former director of financial planning for Venezuela's national oil company, was ordered to forfeit $12 million and other assets. Ortega had pleaded guilty to laundering money he received as bribes from US businessmen seeking contracts with Petroleos de Venezuela SA. In addition to the monetary forfeiture, a US district judge ordered forfeiture of his deposits at City National Bank in New Jersey; Deltec Bank & Trust Limited in Nassau, Bahamas; Zarattini & Co. Bank in Lugano, Switzerland; and Ansbacher Limited in the Bahamas.See attached order....

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