The Attorney General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, informed on Friday that the Bolivarian Government requested Red Alerts through Interpol against Bernard Mommer, Irama de Mommer and Mariana Zerpa, for their connection with the case of the Office of Marketing Intelligence and Petroleum Policy in Vienna.
He explained that the blocking and immobilization of bank accounts and prohibition of alienation and taxation of goods were also requested.
He recalled that the damages caused through the so-called Factor K and the AGA scalators, whose handling implied significant reductions in the prices of the different crude oil shipments from 2009 to 2017.
The Attorney General stressed that said office was not created to sell oil, but to underestimate the price of Venezuelan crude, thus causing an significant net worth damages to the nation.
He explained that the deviations of the funds were detected in January 2010; on that occasion, high PDVSA officials reported that from the office in Vienna were published the prices of the Venezuelan oil after Mexico.
During a press conference from the agency’s facilities, Saab indicated that the law starts at home when mentioning the case of the 13 prosecutors of the institution who have been deprived of liberty for acts of corruption.
«These former officials, who did not fully comply with their duty, would have incurred in influence trafficking, association and extortion,» he sentenced.
