A former Miami congressman was arrested on charges that he engaged in consultancy work for a US unit of PDVSA as a front for acting as an agent of the Venezuelan government.
David Rivera, who was arrested at an airport in Atlanta on Monday, allegedly tried to influence US foreign policy towards the South American country without registering as a foreign agent, according to an indictment unsealed Monday by federal prosecutors.
A Republican who served in office from 2011 to 2013, Rivera has been the subject of lawsuits and investigations over the past two years, including for a contract he ...
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