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Venezuela envoy Saab accused of money laundering to be arraigned on November 1

Alex Saab, a businessman accused of laundering money on behalf of Venezuela's government, appears before U.S. Magistrate Judge John J. O'Sullivan by video link during his arraignment at a federal court in Miami, Florida, U.S. October 18, 2021, in a courtroom sketch. [Reuters]

A U.S. judge on Monday set a Nov. 1 arraignment date for Alex Saab, a businessman accused of laundering money on behalf of Venezuela's government, in a case that pits the United States against the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro.

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