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MIAMI — University of Miami professor Bruce Bagley pleaded guilty Monday
to two counts of money laundering after being charged with using bank
accounts in his name and in the name of a company he created in Florida
to launder more than $2 million in proceeds from a Venezuelan bribery
and corruption scheme.

Bagley, recognized as an international scholar on drug cartels and money laundering, pleaded not guilty soon after his arrest in November 2019 in
the New York case linked to South Florida, but filed a notice in March indicating that he planned to change his plea.

“Bruce Bagley (…) went from writing the book on crime — literally
writing a book on drug trafficking and organized crime — to committing crimes,” said Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States attorney for the
Southern District of New York, in a press release. “Professor Bagley
admitted today to laundering money for corrupt foreign nationals — the proceeds of bribery and corruption, stolen from the citizens of
Venezuela. Bagley now faces the possibility of a long tenure in prison.”

https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/nation/professor-pleads-guilty-to-laundering-2-million-in-proceeds-from-venezuelan-corruption/article_b1fd4744-a34f-50f5-b5f2-fad8b089d6c9.html

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