Security News in Brief: Panamanian Intermediary Extradited to the United States Pleads Guilty to International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Linares (Ricardo Martinelli Linares), 42, 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 a massive bribery and money laundering scheme involving Odebrecht S.A. (Odebrecht), a Brazil-based global construction conglomerate.