A federal grand jury has indicted former U.S. Representative David Rivera for failing to register as a foreign agent while allegedly lobbying the Trump administration on behalf of a sanctioned Venezuelan media tycoon. Rivera is accused of receiving over $5.5 million for these activities and using shell companies to conceal his work.
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To promote his criminal activities, Rivera allegedly created fake shell companies registered in Delaware using names associated with a law firm and with the unnamed official, as well as the official's hometown, to give the false appearance that the shell companies were legitimate, according to the indictment. Prosecutors said the official was unaware the companies were using his or her name and hometown.
Rivera was arrested in 2022 in another illegal lobbying case, out of federal court in Miami, tied to a $50 million consulting contract his firm, Interamerican Consulting, signed with a U.S. affiliate of Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA. Prosecutors say the 2017 contract was a ruse to hide a secret campaign by Maduro's government to curry favor with the incoming Trump administration.
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