Security News in Brief: Panamanian Intermediary Pleads Guilty in Connection with International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares (Luis Martinelli Linares), 39, a citizen of Panama and Italy, pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of New York before U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie for laundering $28 million in connection with a massive bribery and money laundering scheme involving Odebrecht S.A. (Odebrecht), a Brazil-based global construction conglomerate.