Gorrín, 56, who was close to Venezuela’s late president, Hugo Chávez, and his successor, Nicolás Maduro, was charged alone with one court of conspiracy to commit money laundering. If he’s ever caught and convicted, the offense carries up to 20 years in prison.

The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that a Venezuelan television news network owner was charged in an alleged $1.2 billion money laundering scheme. Raul Gorrin Belisario, 56, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida for his role in a scheme "to launder funds corruptly obtained from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company,

Raul Gorrin Belisario, owner of Globovision, allegedly took part in $1.2bn scheme to launder corrupt oil money.

The United States has made a big announcement involving a Venezuelan media mogul named Raul Gorrin Belisario. He is known for owning a news network called Globovision, which is recognized for supporting the Venezuelan government led by President Nicolas Maduro.