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Miami Man Convicted in $800K Suitcase Scandal

Businessman was Chávez agent, jury says

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 4, 2008 8:41 AM CST

(Newser) – The international political funding scandal known as Suitcasegate took a new, diplomatically fraught turn yesterday when a Miami court convicted a businessman of conspiracy and of acting as an "unregistered agent" of the Venezuelan government. The trial concerns a suitcase filled with $800,000... Read full story »

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