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PdVSA procurement official sentenced to prison in US over sanctions-evasion scheme

( November 14, 2024, 22:29 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: George Semerene Quintero, a procurement official at Petroleos de Venezuela was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to violate US sanctions laws for his role in a scheme to evade measures imposed on the state-controlled oil company. After learning of the sanctions imposed on PdVSA, Semerene and his co-conspirators devised a scheme to illegally procure aircraft parts, including bearings, rudder parts, joint slide flexes and actuators, from the US to service PdVSA’s aircraft fleet in Venezuela, prosecutors said.Statement follows below:...

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