# Trump administration quietly closes criminal probe into Venezuelan businessman amid oil deal

https://mins.news/en/item/45900

- CNN, 2026-09-04 19:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/04/politics/trump-admin-quietly-closes-probe-betancourt?Date=20260904&Profile=CNN

> Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt had been caught for a decade in a sprawling Justice Department investigation into an allegedly sophisticated, billion-dollar money-laundering scheme. The Trump administration has now quietly closed the criminal probe as an oil deal unfolds.

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