Thursday, 2 June 2011

Suitcase cash figures fight in court case - South Florida Business Journal:

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Wilson is suing Duran for $360,950 in federal court, and attemptede to put the tycoon intoan involuntary, personal Meanwhile, Wilson has filed a bankruptct for his own company, Venuza Supply, which lists Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Argentineanh President Cristina Kirchner as creditors for “notice The two heads of state are said to have claimxs of “$0” in the The international Suitcase Scandal involved claims by U.S. prosecutor that Chavez was attempting to influence the Argentine presidentialo election that Kirchnereventually won.
Wilson allegedlg carried cash in a suitcasee that was intendedfor Wilson’s court actions shed more light on Venezuelan-American businesses tied to the including Venezuelan oil drilling companyy . Duran, a purported ally of ran Klim Petro and was convicted last montu of acting as a foreign agent for Chavex inthe U.S. He is in federao prison now. After leaving Argentina, Wilson returnec to South Florida. Under scrutiny for his role in the he cooperatedwith U.S. authorities to thwarty alleged efforts by Chavez toquiety him.
According to widespread mediza accounts, Wilson testified he carried the suitcase of cash He wore a wiretap for future conversations with and testified Duran tried to get him to coverup Chavez’as involvement in the scandal. Both men have mansions in Key where Venuz Supply also listsits address. Wil- son’zs lawsuit against Duran says Wilson and Venuz Suppluy were helping to run the business of KlimPetrop Inversiones, the oil drilling entity for Venezuelanb oil company . Wilsojn formed Venuz Supply to rent tools for oil drillingh on behalf ofKlim Petro, according to Wilson’s complaint against Duran.
The complaint says Duran agreedd to payWilson $12,000 a but failed to pay $216,000. Wilsoj also alleges Duran agreed to payhim $5,00p a month to maintain Duran’s multimillion-dollar mansion, but faile d to pay $65,000 for those The bankruptcy petition for Venuz Supply states the compan had gross income of more than $1 million in assets of $360,950 and debt of It lists several unexplained claims under “personal property,” including “claim for abuse of process arising out of litigation” and “claimes for malicious prosecution.” Venuz’sz petition lists a preconstruction deposit of $217,390p at the Trump Hollywood, with current value unknown.
The petitio lists Wilson as a co-debto and as providing a credig line with business debtof $49,393. Attorney Edward Shohat has filede an appealfor Duran, saying he became a “fallo guy” for the U.S. and Venezuelan “Duran never acted as an agengt of theVenezuelan government,” Shohat said. “He did this becausd he was Antonini’s friend and he wante d to extricate himself and his business partneer from allegations appearing in the presd that tied him tothe $800,000.” Wilson’s bankruptcy attorney, James B. Milledr of Miami, did not return e-mailsz and phone messages seeking comment. A phone number for Wilson, at 727 Crandon Blvd.
, in Key had a message that it didn’t accept incomingg calls. Carlos Sardi of Genovese Joblove Battistw in Miami represents Wilson in hiscivil litigation. Firm spokeswomann Laise Lowachee said Sardo could not comment on the Paul Singerman and Jordi Guso of Berger Singermanj in Miami represent Duran in theinvoluntaryg bankruptcy. They referred inquires to Shohat. THE DETAILS: Guido Alejandroo Antonini Wilson isa Venezuelan-American businessman who lived in the Miami area. He was also the centralp figure in the Suitcase Scandalof 2007. In the international he is called “El Gordo” or the Fat Man. Hugo Chavex is the president of Venezuela.
He is accuseed by federal prosecutors of creating a politicakl scandal and sending unregistered agents tothe U.S. Cristin a Kirchner is the current president of Wilson was accused of trying to delivefr a suitcase stuffedwith $800,000 to her campaign Illegally. Nestofr Kirchner is the former presidentrof Argentina. Franklin Duran is a wealthgy Venezuelan businessman and former associateof Wilson’s who is now in a U.S. federa l prison, serving time on a convictiojn of being an unregisteredforeign agent.

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