FILE PHOTO: Alex Saab Moran is seen in a booking photograph available to Reuters on October 17, 2021. Broward County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS
(Reuters) - A close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is expected to plead not guilty to charges of money laundering in federal court in Miami on Monday, in a case that has further strained already-frayed relations between Washington and Caracas.
Prosecutors say Alex Saab, a Colombia-born businessman and top dealmaker for Maduro's socialist government, siphoned around $350 million out of Venezuela via the United States as part of a bribery scheme linked to Venezuela's state-controlled exchange rate.
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