The wife of businessman Alessandro Bazzoni, Siri Evjemo-Nysveen, has been removed from the board of directors of MBaer Merchant Bank.
The financial institution has removed Evjemo-Nysveen’s profile from its website, where she previously held the title of “vice-chairwoman” of the bank.
Recently, new details have surfaced regarding the investigation into corruption networks within Pdvsa, extending the scope of international connections to include new members of the exclusive group of Greek shipowners who profited from illegal Venezuelan oil transactions.
A key figure identified in the investigations is a Greek shipowner, one of the brokers who developed a close alliance with Colonel José Antonio Pérez Suárez, the Vice President of Trade and Supply at Pdvsa, who is currently at the center of an extensive corruption network linked to former Oil Minister and high-ranking chavista figure, Tareck El Aissami.
Colonel Pérez Suárez, who is currently under indefinite detention, orchestrated a fraudulent scheme with a group of shipowners and operators based in Greece and Italy to gain multimillion-dollar benefits.
According to sources familiar with the investigations, the military officer demanded cash payments of millions for each ship loaded with crude oil and petroleum products that left Pdvsa’s terminals. However, these funds never entered the coffers of the Venezuelan corporation.
The article BREAKING NEWS: Wife of businessman Alessandro Bazzoni removed from MBaer Merchant Bank board amid PDVSA corruption scandal was first published on 6to Vision.