Joshua Goodman

Joshua Goodman

December 17, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Son-in-Law of Top Foe of Venezuela’s President Sentenced to 30 Months on Money Laundering Charge

Fernando Vuteff, 53, was charged in Miami federal court with laundering bribes and illicit proceeds from a fake foreign currency exchange scheme involving senior Venezuelan officials.

By Joshua Goodman | Associated Press

5 minute read

August 22, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Assistant U.S. Attorney in Tampa Misused Position by Offering Card in DUI Stop, Watchdog Finds

"You realize when they pull my body-worn camera footage and they see this, this is going to go really bad," a Tampa police officer told Joseph Ruddy.

By Joshua Goodman and Jim Mustian | Associated Press

5 minute read

August 09, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Co-founder of Smartmatic Voting Machine Company Charged with Paying Bribes for Philippine Contracts

Prosecutors say Florida-based Smartmatic funneled bribes to the chairman of the Philippines' electoral commission through a slush fund created by overcharging for the cost of each voting machine it supplied authorities.

By Joshua Goodman | Associated Press

5 minute read

January 24, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Miami attorneys bankrolled DEA bribery scheme, federal prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors have turned their attention to two Miami defense attorneys suspected of profiting from repeated leaks of confidential DEA information.

By Joshua Goodman and Jim Mustian | Associated Press

4 minute read

January 18, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Colombia President Asks to Stop Arrest of Narco Sought by US

Colombia's top law enforcement authority said there was no legal basis for the request.

By Joshua Goodman and Astrid Suarez

3 minute read

December 27, 2022 | Daily Business Review

US Judge Rejects Maduro Ally's Claim of Diplomatic Immunity

For more than two years, almost since the time of his arrest in Africa on a U.S. warrant, Alex Saab has insisted he is a Venezuelan diplomat targeted for his work helping his adopted homeland circumvent American economic sanctions.

By Joshua Goodman

6 minute read

December 06, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Ex-Miami US Rep. David Rivera Arrested in Venezuela Probe

Republican David Rivera has been marred by scandals stretching back to his days in Congress from 2011 to 2013.

By Joshua Goodman and Terry Spencer

7 minute read

October 18, 2022 | Daily Business Review

US Businesses Propose Hiding Trade Data Used to Trace Abuse

Data collected from vessel manifests is vitally important for researchers and reporters seeking to hold corporations accountable for the mistreatment of workers in their foreign supply chains.

By Joshua Goodman

6 minute read

September 22, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Probe Finds Evidence of Bank Boss' Romance With Top Aide

Some inside the White House have made no secret of their dislike for Mauricio Claver-Carone, whose election as Inter-American Development Bank chief in the final months of the Trump presidency broke with tradition that a Latin American head the bank.

By Joshua Goodman

6 minute read

May 23, 2022 | Daily Business Review

Veteran Miami DEA Agents Charged in Bribery Conspiracy

The case has also sent a chill through South Florida's close-knit, fiercely competitive narco-defense circles because of Recio's strong ties to federal law enforcement and the high-paid, private-sector lawyers.

By Joshua Goodman and Jim Mustian

5 minute read