President of Smartmatic is among four indicted today by federal grand jury for bribery and fraud related to electronic voting systems.
DOJ names Roger Alejandro Piñate Martinez in the news release, but does not identify him as president of Smartmatic. justice.gov/opa/pr/four-me…
DOJ names Roger Alejandro Piñate Martinez in the news release, but does not identify him as president of Smartmatic. justice.gov/opa/pr/four-me…
Smartmatic says its Presdident Piñate "played a critical role in planning and executing the world’s largest election using optical scanners (in the Philippines) and in Smartmatic winning the largest election contract in US history (in Los Angeles)." smartmatic.com/us/team-member…
Smartmatic President Piñate, indicted today for bribery and fraud, "co-founded Smartmatic with two partners. In the 20 years since he has been responsible for carrying out successful projects in the USA, Latin America, Europe and Asia," the company says.
smartmatic.com/us/team-member…
smartmatic.com/us/team-member…
Smartmatic says that its (indicted) President and COO "continues to play a key role in nurturing Smartmatic’s strategic relationships with clients. He alsomaintains hands-on involvement with Smartmatic-supported election events around the world." smartmatic.com/us/team-member…
From today's DOJ news release:
"A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment today charging three executives of an election voting machine and service provider company and a former Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) of the Republic of the Philippines for their roles in an alleged bribery and money laundering scheme to retain and obtain business related to the 2016 Philippine elections.
"According to the indictment, between 2015 and 2018, Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez, 49, a Venezuelan citizen and resident of Boca Raton, Florida [and president of Smartmatic], and Jorge Miguel Vasquez, 62, a U.S. citizen and resident of Davie, Florida, together with others, allegedly caused at least $1 million in bribes to be paid to Juan Andres Donato Bautista, 60, the former Chairman of COMELEC. These bribes were allegedly paid to obtain and retain business related to providing voting machines and election services for the 2016 Philippine elections and to secure payments on the contracts, including the release of value added tax payments.
"The co-conspirators allegedly funded the bribes through a slush fund that was created by over-invoicing the cost per voting machine for the 2016 Philippine elections. To conceal and disguise the nature and purpose of the corrupt payments, the co-conspirators used coded language to refer to the slush fund and caused the creation of fraudulent contracts and sham loan agreements to justify transfers. The co-conspirators then allegedly laundered funds related to the bribery scheme through bank accounts located in Asia, Europe, and the United States, including in the Southern District of Florida."
justice.gov/opa/pr/four-me…
"A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment today charging three executives of an election voting machine and service provider company and a former Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) of the Republic of the Philippines for their roles in an alleged bribery and money laundering scheme to retain and obtain business related to the 2016 Philippine elections.
"According to the indictment, between 2015 and 2018, Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez, 49, a Venezuelan citizen and resident of Boca Raton, Florida [and president of Smartmatic], and Jorge Miguel Vasquez, 62, a U.S. citizen and resident of Davie, Florida, together with others, allegedly caused at least $1 million in bribes to be paid to Juan Andres Donato Bautista, 60, the former Chairman of COMELEC. These bribes were allegedly paid to obtain and retain business related to providing voting machines and election services for the 2016 Philippine elections and to secure payments on the contracts, including the release of value added tax payments.
"The co-conspirators allegedly funded the bribes through a slush fund that was created by over-invoicing the cost per voting machine for the 2016 Philippine elections. To conceal and disguise the nature and purpose of the corrupt payments, the co-conspirators used coded language to refer to the slush fund and caused the creation of fraudulent contracts and sham loan agreements to justify transfers. The co-conspirators then allegedly laundered funds related to the bribery scheme through bank accounts located in Asia, Europe, and the United States, including in the Southern District of Florida."
justice.gov/opa/pr/four-me…
Nothing available so far on any American news site, according to Google News search, as of 6:47 PM EST. Only outlets in the Philippines.
One of the other 4 indicted along with Smartmatic President Piñate is Elie Moreno, age 44, a Venezuelan.
Moreno is brother-in-law of Antonio Mujica, also Venezuelan, who was previous president of Smartmatic and reportedly Smartmatic's largest shareholder.
Moreno is brother-in-law of Antonio Mujica, also Venezuelan, who was previous president of Smartmatic and reportedly Smartmatic's largest shareholder.
9 years ago: Smartmatic Chairman Mark Malloch-Brown admitted on Philippine TV that "part of our technology is licensed from Dominion."
Malloch-Brown was Deputy Secretary General of the UN and is now President of the Soros Open Society Foundations.
Malloch-Brown was Deputy Secretary General of the UN and is now President of the Soros Open Society Foundations.
Miami Herald is first MSM outlet with story on the federal indictment of Smartmatic President and Co-Founder Roger Piñate on charges of fraud and bribery. 6:59PM EST. miamiherald.com/news/local/art…
Big news gets out first on @x. We broke the federal indictment of Smartmatic president story at 6:02 PM EST, nearly an hour before the MSM broke it (Miami Herald) at 6:59. @elonmusk
Miami Herald: "Piñate, alongside Venezuelans Antonio Mugica and Alfredo José Anzola, founded Smartmatic in 2000, and gained notoriety after the company was chosen by Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to replace the country’s voting machines in 2004. The company grew by acquiring the much larger Sequoia Voting Systems in 2006, though the company later announced that it had divested its stake in that company."
Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/art…
Read more at: miamiherald.com/news/local/art…
Antonio Mugica, who co-founded Smartmatic with Roger Piñate, is brother-in-law of another federal defendant in the fraud and bribery case: Elsie Moreno.
The third Smartmatic co-founder, Anzola, is deceased.
The three helped dictator Hugo Chavez to manipulate the voting system to change the constitution and impose a dictatorship.
(In an earlier post I misspelled the surname as Mujica.)
The third Smartmatic co-founder, Anzola, is deceased.
The three helped dictator Hugo Chavez to manipulate the voting system to change the constitution and impose a dictatorship.
(In an earlier post I misspelled the surname as Mujica.)
@X @elonmusk Correction: Elie Moreno.
Antonio Mugica, whose brother-in-law was indicted along with Smartmatic President Roger Piñate, is the CEO of Smartmatic.
Here's his official bio. smartmatic.com/team-member/an…
Here's his official bio. smartmatic.com/team-member/an…
.@antoniomugica, what do you have to say about the US indictment of your brother-in-law and @Smartmatic’s president for fraud and bribery?
@antoniomugica @smartmatic Why allow paper ballots and voter ID when you can make a fortune harvesting the biometric data of hundreds of millions of people while rigging the vote count as you choose?
https://x.com/smartmatic/status/1758140104399290699
@antoniomugica @smartmatic Smartmatic grotesquely understates the problem. Those indicted are not mere employees. They are the co-founder/President & COO, and the brother-in-law of the Chairman & CEO. #SmartmaticFraud
https://x.com/smartmatic/status/1821729389878636942
The foreign CEO of @Smartmatic praised the successful efforts to censor conservative and MAGA people during the 2020 elections. Check his @antoniomugica page to see how he was in lockstep with the Obamabidenharris agenda.
https://x.com/antoniomugica/status/1290692464756625408
Four years ago in this important six-part thread, @ByronYork of the @dcexaminer revealed an affidavit from a former confidant of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, to show how the "alleged Dominion-Smartmatic vote changing operation worked."
https://x.com/ByronYork/status/1329879391812415492
I summarized that report, along with other material, through my counterintelligence lens, and published them at @securefreedom. The operation had begun a decade earlier. Key points:
Source was top-level member of Hugo Chavez's presidential guard who was personal witness to the development & operation of the software;
Source directly witnessed Smartmatic’s collusion with the regime leadership.
Smartmatic system was used to change the voting to amend Venezuela's constitution for dictatorship.
Smartmatic had repeated meetings with Chavez.
In 2013 election, Chavez opponent was 2 million votes ahead; system ‘reset’ made Chavez win.
"Smartmatic exports its software for rigging votes across the Americas."
"Dominion uses same methods & software design in USA."
The software operator decides the votes – }not the voter."
Smartmatic’s fraud went public in 2017.
centerforsecuritypolicy.org/evidence-smart…
Source was top-level member of Hugo Chavez's presidential guard who was personal witness to the development & operation of the software;
Source directly witnessed Smartmatic’s collusion with the regime leadership.
Smartmatic system was used to change the voting to amend Venezuela's constitution for dictatorship.
Smartmatic had repeated meetings with Chavez.
In 2013 election, Chavez opponent was 2 million votes ahead; system ‘reset’ made Chavez win.
"Smartmatic exports its software for rigging votes across the Americas."
"Dominion uses same methods & software design in USA."
The software operator decides the votes – }not the voter."
Smartmatic’s fraud went public in 2017.
centerforsecuritypolicy.org/evidence-smart…
In November 2020, I wrote that Venezuelan regime involvement in Smartmatic or Dominion voting systems posed a grave counterintelligence threat.
The Bolivarian regime of Venezuela survived only because of the secret services of Cuba, Russia, China, and others. Many sophisticated interests in sabotaging our electoral system.
centerforsecuritypolicy.org/possible-cuban…
The Bolivarian regime of Venezuela survived only because of the secret services of Cuba, Russia, China, and others. Many sophisticated interests in sabotaging our electoral system.
centerforsecuritypolicy.org/possible-cuban…
Am still welcoming public comment from @Smartmatic co-founder, Chairman & CEO @antoniomugica about the indictment of his President & COO and his brother-in-law for international corruption and bribery.
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