The dolls of the Venezuelan mafia of PDVSA: models and businesswomen in public life and recruiters to legitimize capital and launder private money

The recent corruption scandal at the state-owned company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has exposed the sordid practices and bad reputation of 10 government officials and 11 businessmen.

But in addition, he exposed a network that the Republic’s prosecutor, Tarek William Saab, called “the puppets of the Venezuelan mafia.” A group of “ladies” responsible for legitimizing capital and laundering the money obtained from the embezzlement.

According to Saab itself, there are four women and at the moment they are the most wanted by the Venezuelan justice system: Olvany Gáspari Bracho, Railín Elizabeth Yépez (alias Ely Jeims), Ximena Cagide Parada and Ximena Cagide Parada and Yuravic Ravelo.

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These women were not only responsible for wasting money on cosmetic alterations, plastic surgeries, travel, luxuries, clothing and jewelry. They also became owners of properties and businesses and acted as stooges for the corrupt.

In addition, the Venezuelan prosecutor stressed that they are “lazy, without studies or professions”, who cannot legally justify the origin of the fortunes they have wasted and whose data has been left on social networks.

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Who are the puppets of the Venezuelan PDVSA mafia?

Railin Elizabeth Yepez (Ely Jeims)

From folk singer to supermodel, she goes by the stage name Ely Jeims. He is 28 years old and, according to El Vigilante, was from a neighborhood in Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar state, in southeastern Venezuela.

She is believed to have graduated as a lawyer from Northeast Private Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho University in Anzoátegui. She also participated in beauty pageants such as Miss Venezuela Petite 2013.

He assures that since 2019 he has been modeling on catwalks in Paris and New York, with emerging designers. In 2022 she was chosen as the image of the Lamborghini Latin America brand.

Through her social networks, she publishes information about her travels on private planes, designer clothes and accessories. Maintains business contacts with the company Yacht Ladies Int.

Olvany Gaspari Bracho

Few records have been found about Olvany Gáspari Bracho, except that he was born in the state of Portuguesa, in the central-western region of Venezuela. He has a sister and two brothers, his parents regularly published photos from trips and parties on their networks, El Pitazo published.

When her name started to be heard on social networks, due to her love affair with Venezuelan deputy Hugbel Roa, Olvany closed her social networks, where there was evidence of the life of luxury and waste she enjoyed, and only her TikTok account remained public.

Yuravic Ravello Machado

He was born in Cumaná, but lived in Lechería, in the state of Anzoátegui. She defined herself on social networks as a model, cheerleader and was a Leading Girl in 2013. She closed her Instagram account with 125,000 followers, in which she regularly posted pictures about her lifestyle. He only had one Twitter account, where he hasn’t published since 2014.

Ximena Cagide stop

Ximena is 36 years old and was born in Miranda State. Her LinkedIn account stated that she is a public accountant who graduated from Andrés Bello Catholic University.

He is believed to be the operations manager of Inversiones Perla Bella, known as Ikin Hotel and Spa, on Margarita Island since 2019. This company, Perla Bella CA, appears in a document in 2018, following a business alliance with Venetur, a Venezuelan state tour operator .

In addition, she has a company called Mik Jewerly, which sold bracelets and other accessories. After the warrant was issued against him, Cagide updated the privacy of his LinkedIn account, closed his Facebook profile and the accounts of @mikjewerly and @ximenacagide.