Two men have been indicted in connection with an alleged money-laundering scheme linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s children, in what FBI Director Kash Patel called “criminal lifelines" for the regime.

The investigation, launched in 2019 by the FBI’s Miami Field Office, focused on Arick Komarczyk, who allegedly opened U.S. bank accounts for Maduro’s children and associates. An undercover operation in 2022 revealed that Komarczyk and his associate, Irazmar Carbajal, attempted to move $100,000 of what the FBI believed were sanctioned Venezuelan funds, successfully transferring about $25,000.

When confronted, Komarczyk reportedly called it “sexy business."

“Nicolás Maduro is not just another corrupt strongman; he is an indicted narcoterrorist dictator with a $50 million bounty

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