The co-founder of a Venezuelan voting technology firm is facing allegations of bribery raised by federal prosecutors in Florida.  Roger Piñate, who co-founded Smartmatic with Antonio Mugica in 2000, is currently charged with money laundering and bribery regarding contracts the company had in the Philippines, allegedly in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The federal government has accused Piñate and his co-defendants, all executives of “Company 1” of paying more than a million dollars in bribes to Juan Andres Donato Bautista, the Chairman of the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC).  The bribes were “paid to obtain, maintain and receive payments on a lucrative contract to provide voting machines…to the government of the Philippines for its May 2016 national and local elections.”  The contract…

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