U.S. Arrests 4 Persons Charged with Crimes tied to Financing Foreign Elections

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Author: 

Bruce Zagaris

Date Published: 

Friday, February 1, 2008

Volume: 

24

Issue: 

2

Subject Areas: 

Corruption

Geographic Identifier: 

Argentina
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela

Abstract: 

On December 11, 2007, U.S. authorities arrested Moisés Maionica, Rodolfo Edgardo Wanseele Paciello, Franklin Durán, and Carlos Kauffman on charges of acting and conspiring to act as agents of the Venezuelan government in the U.S., without prior notification to the U.S. Attorney General, as required under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Charged in the same criminal complaint is Antonio Jose Canchica Gomez, who is still at large....[more]