FinCEN Files: Shell companies help Venezuelans get rich at home, spend big in Florida

Alejandro Ceballos Jiménez doesn’t seem the kind of Venezuelan who’d fly under the radar. His family is tied to South Florida property worth millions. He imports thoroughbreds from Kentucky, co-invests in a giant gold mine and enjoys lucrative construction contracts from a government the United States is actively trying to shut out of the global financial system. Yet Western diplomats say they haven’t heard of him. He’s not on any sanctions list, even as he is among the businessmen whose fortunes have grown during the regime of strongman Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez. By Kevin Hall, Antonio Delgado,Shiesho DasGupta. Full Text-> MiamiHerald

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