Former Pemex Executive Says He Took ‘Candies’ From Vitol Trader
- Court hears Vitol paid for information to help win Mexico deal
- Revelations come in trial of former Vitol trader Aguilar
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A former Pemex executive testified that he agreed to accept $300,000 from Vitol Group in exchange for helping the trading house win a deal with the Mexican state-owned oil company.
The testimony is the latest development in the trial of former Vitol trader Javier Aguilar to recount the corrupt activities of the commodity trading industry in near-unprecedented detail.