what is a saab lawyer

Attorney Joseph Saab, a long-time resident of the Lake area and Camdenton High School graduate. opened the practice in 2005. Since then the firm has handled a variety of cases, specializing in the practice areas of civil litigation, family law, estate planning, real estate law, and commercial development. Joseph M. Saab

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Who is Alex Saab?

In July 2019, when the U.S. government sanctioned and indicted Colombian businessman Alex Saab for his alleged participation in money laundering operations resulting from corruption in Venezuela, his Colombian attorney published a press release in defense of his client.

Who did Saab sue?

The lawsuit was dismissed by a judge in December 2019.

Why was Saab arrested?

Saab was arrested on Friday in the Cape Verde Islands on U.S. corruption charges while en route to Iran. U.S. officials believe he holds many secrets about the allegedly corrupt financial dealings of Venezuela's socialist leader, Nicolas Maduro, as well as his family and top aides, that has impoverished the once oil-rich nation.

Can an attorney represent a sanctioned person?

OFAC explained to Univision that attorneys who are not residents or citizens of the United States may represent a sanctioned person, as long as the payment doesn’ t go through the United States banking system and "a United States citizen or resident is not involved in any way."

Is Saab on the OFAC list?

On June 2, de la Espriella answered a Univision email inquiring about his license. "Since last year when Saab was included on the OFAC list and charges were filed against him in the United States, I stopped attending to his cases in Colombia, given my status as an American resident," he replied.

Why did Saab ask Bagley to help him?

Saab asked Bagley to help him discreetly process the payments to prevent the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro from finding out, the sources added. If that was the case, the tactic didn’t work. Saab was accused in July 2019 of money laundering from alleged corrupt operations in Venezuela.

Where did Saab transfer money to?

In November 2017, Saab made its first money transfers to Bagley from an account in the United Arab Emirates on behalf of a food company not identified in the indictment. Those funds and three other wire transfers were deposited into an account Bagley had opened the previous year in Weston under the name of his company Bagley Consultants.

Is there a confiscation at the end of the money laundering operation?

In those cases, they added, there is no confiscation at the end of the operation. In the case against Bagley, the entire funds were supposed to have been seized, the experts added, because they were the product of corrupt transactions, according to the accusation .

Who transferred Saab funds to Florida?

All that emerges from court documents regarding the funds sent by Saab to Florida is that they were transferred to a co-conspirator, also identified by the prosecution as "Individual 1".

Did De La Espriella get paid by Saab?

De la Espriella acknowledged that he received fees from Saab and his partner Álvaro Pulido which were duly reported to the authorities. "This is how I always proceed ... I have not committed crimes," he added.