On 10 July, Imperial Valley News carried a DoJ news release advising that a criminal complaint had been unsealed in federal court in New York, charging Luis Enrique Martinelli Linares (Luis Martinelli Linares) and Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Linares (Ricardo Martinelli Linares) for their roles in a massive bribery and money laundering scheme involving Odebrecht SA, the Brazil-based global construction conglomerate. It is said that the Odebrecht scheme involved the payment of more than $700 million in bribes to government officials, public servants, political parties, and others in Panama and other countries around the world to obtain and retain business for the company.
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