Kobre & Kim filed a civil RICO lawsuit Tuesday in Florida Southern District Court accusing three Miami residents of wire fraud and laundering billions of dollars’ worth of gold smuggled from Venezuela over the course of 15 years. The complaint was brought on behalf of Ellen Pataro, former wife of Mario Pataro, a third-party ‘long-time associate’ of the defendants who is currently a fugitive from the state of Florida.

The defendants are targeted for allegedly scheming to conceal Pataro’s assets from his ex-spouse in order to avoid paying an underlying $50 million civil judgment. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 1:22-cv-20866, Pataro v. Castellon et al.

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