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The model who represented Venezuela in the Miss World 2007 contest, Claudia Paula Suarez Fernandez, received an apartment worth US$950,000 (about R$4.8 million) as a gift from businessman Luis Mariano Rodríguez Cabello. He is considered the leader of the criminal group that embezzled US$2 billion (R$10 billion) from the main Venezuelan state company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA).
According to the newspaper The bassThis information was revealed in a confidential report issued by the intelligence unit of the Financial Institution of Andorra (Uifand).
Details of the investigation show that, using an inactive Panamanian company, a front for the criminal organization transferred the amount to an account at Sarasin Bank, in Switzerland, owned by the Venezuelan couple who sold the property to Cabello.
The first director of the Andorran Financial Institution said in a report: “I enclose support for the transfer of $950,000 US dollars to purchase a property for Mrs. Claudia Suarez.”
Rodriguez Cabello made this transaction on February 11, 2010, from one of his accounts at Banco Privado de Andorra (BPA), which had chosen to hide the transactions.
The purchase and sale contract was signed by Claudia Paula Suarez, with the Venezuelan couple who own the apartment. Hey El Pais He was unable to locate the model and the property sellers to obtain their version of the investigations.
Source: Redacao Terra
