The Venezuelan billionaire the U.S. investigated for money laundering now has a Pentagon oil deal

Now, after assisting U.S. authorities ahead of the capture of authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, Alejandro Betancourt is Washington’s key partner in an unusual oil agreement with Caracas.

The Venezuelan billionaire the US investigated for money laundering now has a Pentagon oil deal  Reuters

CARACAS/MIAMI, Sept 5 - The billionaire who helped broker the Trump administration’s sweeping long-term oil deal with Venezuela was until recently a target of U.S. money-laundering investigations involving funds embezzled from the state-owned oil company PDVSA. Now, after assisting U.S. authorities ahead of the capture