The indictment was unsealed after evidence was presented in the Florida courthouse showing that the laundered funds were allegedly corruptly obtained from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).

The United States on Wednesday charged a Venezuela media tycoon for his role in a massive bribery scheme that saw hundreds of millions of dollars laundered through the U.S. financial system.

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,