Reported by: Vanessa Buschschlüter

Claudia Díaz, 49, is the latest former high-ranking Venezuelan official to be convicted of corruption in the US. Her predecessor as treasurer, Alejandro Andrade, was a star witness in her trial.

Andrade testified in court that Claudia Díaz continued that illicit scheme when she was put in charge of Venezuela’s treasury by President Chávez.

Prosecutors said that Díaz and her husband Adrián Velásquez, who had been President Chávez’s chief of security, took at least $4.2m in bribes during her time at the helm of the treasury from May 2011 until 2013, when she was replaced as treasurer following President Chávez’s death in office.

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