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- Alex Saab is expected to plead guilty in Miami federal court on Tuesday.
- He faces a money-laundering count for a scheme using fake companies and falsified shipping records.
- Prosecutors allege Saab bribed Venezuelan officials to secure CLAP food-distribution contracts.
- The indictment says Saab and co-defendants accessed billions from PDVSA through corrupt oil deals.
- Case coincides with President Donald Trump’s administration announcing a partnership to tap 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil.