{"id":3733,"date":"2026-07-26T16:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3733"},"modified":"2026-07-26T16:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:40:36","slug":"venezuelan-informant-says-u-s-broke-promises-after-he-exposed-1-2b-oil-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3733","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan informant says U.S. broke promises after he exposed $1.2B oil fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Pedro Binaggia spent eight years as a confidential informant for U.S. federal agents, helping build a massive money-laundering case tied to Venezuela\u2019s state oil company. Now living in Europe with his career destroyed, he says the government never delivered on promises of compensation and green cards for his family.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3731\">Bodies found days apart along nature trail. Both were murdered, NC sheriff says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>FULL STORY: Informant: I endured threats to expose Venezuelan fraud, but U.S. betrayed me<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=3729\">Dear Automakers: Wireless Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and Charging Suck<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Binaggia, a former Venezuelan banking lawyer, walked into Homeland Security Investigations\u2019 South Florida office in 2016 and secretly recorded about 100 meetings with suspected financial criminals. He turned over roughly $45.6 million in tainted funds and helped build \u201cOperation Money Flight,\u201d a $1.2 billion foreign corruption case filed in 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Six of the 12 defendants have pleaded guilty and forfeited about $90 million in embezzled funds from Petr\u00f3leos de Venezuela, S.A. Six others remain fugitives, including Globovisi\u00f3n network owner Ra\u00fal Gorr\u00edn and the suspected ringleader, Francisco Convit Guruceaga.<\/li>\n<li>Binaggia says federal agents and prosecutors repeatedly assured him and his family he would receive compensation from recovered funds and permanent U.S. residency, but never delivered. His visa expired in 2024, forcing him and his family to leave Weston for Europe.<\/li>\n<li>Prosecutor Frank Maderal wrote in 2018 that Binaggia was never a subject or target of any investigation, but later prosecutors Kurt Lunkenheimer and Paul Hayden shifted course in 2023, asking him to sign a Kastigar letter offering only limited immunity \u2014 which he refused.<\/li>\n<li>Whistleblower attorney Stephen Kohn warned the Justice Department risks losing critical insiders for complex corruption cases if it doesn\u2019t compensate them fairly, noting that large awards are the single most important factor in motivating others to report crimes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and using our own originally reported, written and published content. 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