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A Uruguayan citizen pleaded guilty in the United States to participating in a scheme to transfer money to that country with the aim of evading sanctions related to officials of the Venezuelan regime, according to a official statement from the Department of Justice.
According to the information, the accused, identified as Irazmar Carbajal De Jesús, 60 years old, admitted to agreeing to use an unlicensed money transmission business to transfer nearly $100,000 from the Dominican Republic to a bank account in South Florida.
According to court documents, Carbajal agreed to transfer approximately $99,500 in cash that was handed to him in the Dominican Republic to a specific account in Fort Lauderdale. The agents informed the accused's partner that the funds came from a sanctioned individual of the Venezuelan government who needed to move the money to the United States.
The statement specifies that Carbajal and his partner indicated they would charge a commission of 20% for the service, which included the creation of fake invoices to justify the transactions to the banks and the use of multiple accounts to move the funds.
Additionally, the accused used coded language to refer to money, which he identified as "a child that needs to be taken to school."
Carbajal pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmission business. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 12 and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The final sentence will be determined by a federal judge, taking into account the U.S. sentencing guidelines and other factors established by law.
The case was investigated by the International Corruption Unit of the FBI in Miami, and its announcement was also shared by the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice on their official account on the social network X.
The process is being handled by prosecutors from the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice and the Southern District of Florida Prosecutor's Office.
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