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Banker in bribe scandal pleads not guilty in Puerto Rico | Ap

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An international banker accused of bribing Puerto Rico’s then-governor to undermine an investigation into his institution turned himself in on Wednesday, almost a month after he was charged in federal court.

Julio Herrera Velutini, who is a citizen of Venezuela and Italy and who was thinking to be living in the United Kingdom, pleaded not guilty hours after he was arrested in Puerto Rico and was ordered held on a $1 million secured bond.

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