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Eugene

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Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:09 PM Jul 2016

Venezuela detains suspect linked to Panama Papers law firm

Source: Reuters

World | Sat Jul 9, 2016 12:09pm EDT

Venezuela detains suspect linked to Panama Papers law firm

Venezuelan authorities have arrested a representative of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca at the center of the Panama Papers scandal on accusations of seeking clients interested in investing "illicit funds", state prosecutors said.

Jannet Almeida, who is imprisoned at the headquarters of military intelligence in Caracas, is the second Venezuelan to be arrested in association with the case following the April detention of businessman Josmel Velasquez on money laundering charges.

"The woman was in charge of seeking customers to invest illicit funds in outsourcing-type business arrangements," the prosecutor's office said in a statement late on Friday.

Almeida will be charged with illegally obtaining funds in violation of banking regulations, the statement said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-panama-tax-venezuela-idUSKCN0ZP0N5
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