Overview

• U.S. prosecutors filed Florida indictments on September 25 against Arick Komarczyk for money laundering and unlicensed money‑transmitting conspiracy and against Irazmar Carbajal for conspiracy.
• Carbajal was taken into custody on October 2 after a deportation flight from the Dominican Republic stopped in the United States, while Komarczyk remains in Venezuela and is considered a fugitive.
• FBI Miami opened the case in 2019 after suspicious activity reports flagged transactions linked to associates of Nicolás Maduro.
• Investigators say the defendants opened U.S. bank accounts for Maduro’s children and associates and, during a 2022 sting, agreed to move $100,000 in suspected sanctioned funds, with about $25,000 entering the United States.
• FBI Director Kash Patel called Maduro an indicted narcoterrorist with a $50 million DOJ bounty and vowed that the United States will not serve as a refuge for illicit funds.