U.S. prosecutors charge former Citgo executive in bribery probe
U.S. prosecutors charged a former Citgo Petroleum manager with accepting $2.5 million as part of a scheme by outside businessmen to corruptly secure contracts with the U.S. refiner and its Venezuelan parent through bribes.Jose Luis De Jongh Atencio, 48, was indicted by a federal grand jury last month with money-laundering and conspiracy charges, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday.De Jong is the 27th person charged in a U.S. investigation of bribery at Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA
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