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1,thecomplainantin thiscase,statethatthefollowing istrtletothebestofmyknowledgeand belief.
Onoraboutthedatels)of inorabout2012and2013 inthecountyof Harrisandelsewhere inthe
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AFFIDAV IT IN SUPPO RT O F
CRIM INAL COM PLAINT AND ARREST W ARRANT
Agentfor approxim ately nineteen years and am presently assigned to the Houston
ofûccr of thc United States w ithin the m eaning of Title 1S,United States Code,
conduct investigations and to m ake arrests for tkderal lklonies . Prior to this
cnforcem ent of various statutes of the United States Code, specifically, but not
lim ited to,Title 15,U nited StatesCode,Section 78dd-1c/seq., the Foreign Corrupt
PracticcsAct(ûtFCPA'').
I m ake this affidavit in support of a crim inal com plaint and arrest
violation of Title 18,United States Code, Section 371, and did violate Title 15,
United States Code, Section 78dd-2 (the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act).
A ccordingly, this affidavit does not include a com plete recitation of the entire
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invcstigation or of each and evel'y fact and m atter observed by or known to law
enfbrcementrelatingtothesubjeetmatterofthisinvestigation.Additionally,unless
othenvise noted,w herever in this affidavit1 assertthata statem entwas m ade by an
energy resourees in V enezuela and provided funding for other operations of the
V enezuelan governm ent. PDV SA and its wholly ow ned subsidiaries are
PDV SA .
other duties,CW -I had the responsibility for assem bling and revising Barivtn's
a iûforeign official''as thatterm is used in the FCPA ,Title 15,U nited StatesCode,
G O N ZA LEZ isa United States citizen and thus aCûdom estic concern''
othcrcom panies.
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12. ktcom pany C''is acom pany organized underthe laws ofPanam a.
Com pany B,m ade bribe paym entsduring the course ofthe conspiracy.
Com pany B,and Company C,m ade bribe paym entsduring the course ofthe
conspiracy.
2018. Dtlring these interviews, CW -I adm itted, in sum and substance, that he
decisions thereof'
,and forother improper bttsiness advantages and assistanoe from
direct contracts to G O NZA LEZ 'S com panies, gave G O NZA LEZ 'S companies
priority over other vendors to receive paym ents, and aw arded G O NZA LEZ'S
to m eetwith the board. CW -I also took steps to influence the PDV SA Board of
G ON ZA LEZ'Scompanies.
regarding Com pany A and his other com panies, G O NZA LEZ often called Co-
G O NZA LEZ into two banks accounts in thc U nited States,Bank A ccount l and
Bank Account2.Both bank accountsw ere in thenam eofa company ow ned by one
from G O NZALEZ and others in 2012 and 2013 w hilehe w asa foreign offscial.
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Bank recordsshow thatSw issbank accounts in the nam es ofCom paniesA ,B,and
C wired bribe paym ents to Bank Account 1 and Bank A ccount 2 including the
Beneiciary Bank
Date Account Pa or A m ount
11/27/2012 B Com pany A
apk A ccount l $50,000.00
1/15/2013 B Com pany B
ank A ccount 1 $50,000.00
Com pany B,and Com pany C. CW -2 w as the owner of a num ber of U .s.-based
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crim inal complaint and arrest w arrant charging JO SE M A N UEL G O NZA LEZ
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enteran Orderdirecting theClerk ofthe Coul'tto sealthe Crim inalCom plaint,A rrest
of Defendant Jose M anuel Gonzalez Testino and others. Any disclosure of the
Crim inalCom plaintor other docum ents listed above m ay cause the defendantor
m ay obtain copies ofthe sealed docum entsupon requcstto the Clerk'sO ffice.
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Sarah E.Edw ards
TrialA ttorneys,U .S.D ept.ofJustice