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Smartmatic co-founder bribed Venezuelan official with house, US alleges

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( August 1, 2025, 23:44 GMT | Insight) -- Federal prosecutors intend to introduce evidence at Smartmatic co-founder Roger Alejandro Piñate Martinez’s upcoming corruption trial that he bribed a now-deceased Venezuelan elections official with the use of a house he owned in Caracas, according to a new court filing. Piñate had bribed Tibisay Lucena Ramírez, who led the Venezuelan election commission until 2020, with the title and use of his Caracas home in exchange for her assistance with Smartmatic’s status as an election-services provider, prosecutors alleged. Lucena died in 2023.Federal prosecutors intend to introduce evidence at Smartmatic co-founder Roger Alejandro Piñate Martinez’s upcoming corruption trial that he bribed a now-deceased Venezuelan elections official with the use of a house he owned in Caracas, according to a new court filing....

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