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Former Venezuelan minister to get $5.8 million in US deal for bribery-linked funds

( April 16, 2026, 15:38 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Former Venezuelan Minister of Electrical Energy Nervis Villalobos Cardenas will receive $5.8 million, and the US government will forfeit $2.2 million, in a settlement concerning $8 million turned over to the US in 2020 amid allegations the funds had come from the proceeds of a bribery scheme involving him and Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the state-owned oil company.Document attached....

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