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They have ordered to keep secret the documents that incriminate Alex Saab
Alex Saab is blamed for laundering a huge amount of dollars obtained through illicit business with the Venezuelan government, with which he had the option of circumventing the economic sanctions dictated by the United States.
Judge Robert Scola decided these three days, after the prosecution filed a motion requesting an order, regulating the disclosure of evidence and sensitive information from Saab.
This is required, arguing that there is documentation and reports from people who are currently being investigated, other defendants, cooperators, identification numbers, postal and email addresses, financial statements and dates of birth.
Kurt Lunkenheimer and Alexander Kramer, who are the prosecutors in the case, let the judge know that they had advised Saab's lawyers and that they agreed.
" The government's motion is granted," Judge Scola said in his three-page request, clarifying that neither Saab's defense nor prosecutors should offer the court-cited evidence to any individual, except if the court orders it.
In the United States, both the hearings and the material of a trial are publicly accessible, except if a judge dictates otherwise as the case may be. Saab was introduced in the United States in October 2021 and remains in a government jail in downtown Miami.
Examiners claim 49-year-old Saab acquired more than $350 million through corrupt deals in which he allegedly paid Maduro government authorities and falsified documents to secure multi-million dollar deals to build homes in Venezuela.
In July 2019, an insightful jury filed eight indictments against Alex Saab; one for alleged association to launder cash and seven for illegal tax evasion.
However, the United States government later dropped the seven counts of illegal tax evasion, this being part of the agreement to remove him from Cape Verde, where he was captured in June 2020.
