Raúl Gorrín seems to have lost touch with reality. It’s quite challenging to comprehend the following thread, which Gorrín posted on his Twitter account a few hours ago.
In his absolute disorder, Gorrín finds it acceptable to refute the charges brought against him by the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), for which he remains at large, by publishing documents, passports, letters to EFG Bank, references to his HSBC accounts, and other evidence on his Twitter account!
This situation goes beyond insanity. Gorrin’s level of deception is monumental. Keep in mind that he comes from extremely humble beginnings, having illicitly ascended to wealth and fame. Not a single dollar earned by this thug has a legitimate origin. He hails from a gutter in Caracas, somehow graduated in law, and formed a gang known as “Los Enanos” (the dwarfs, hence the little man syndrome). They initiated an extortion network, always with the enthusiastic help of Germán Ferrer and his wife Luisa Ortega Díaz.
The notoriety gained from the underworld allowed Gorrin & Co to “diversify.” Soon, they took control of multi-billion dollar money laundering schemes alongside Alejandro Andrade, the head of Venezuela’s Treasury. Recall Andrade’s guilty plea, where he admitted to receiving bribes amounting to one billion dollars from Gorrín & Co. Claudia Díaz (the former nurse of Hugo Chávez) replaced Andrade at the Treasury, but that didn’t stop Gorrín and his partners from profiting.
In light of the charges brought by the Department of Justice, Gorrín must have thought that he could “clear his name.” Being a lawyer, he decided that Twitter was the right platform to post a flurry of documents, including the one above: a letter to EFG Bank requesting a transfer of $4,000,000 to Patric Love Holdings INC. Gorrín claims that Patric Love is a company owned by Spanish citizen María Torres Millan, whose passport he also published (there’s certainly no doxxing concern for Twitter…).
Gorrín also confirmed information that this site reported years ago regarding his HSBC account.
However, perhaps the biggest blunder was shedding light on the sale of a boat to none other than Armando Capriles, also known as Pelón / Coco Capriles, one of the most notorious figures in the Boligarch leagues of Venezuela. It was, of course, a natural fit.
The mention of funding sources and the legitimacy of the proceeds is conspicuously absent from Gorrín’s Twitter rant. He must truly believe that he has surpassed the point of providing a credible explanation for the millions he moves. Hopefully, the Department of Justice will make good use of the information Gorrín has voluntarily provided and continue investigating Armando Capriles, EFG, HSBC, and María Torres Millán.