- Franklin Duran
Franklin Duran (born
September 12 ,1967 ,Caracas ,Venezuela ) is a Venezuelan entrepreneur implicated in "the suitcase scandal" betweenArgentina and Venezuela, and charged by theUnited States Department of Justice with being an illegal agent of a foreign government. [http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2007/December/07_nsd_992.html]Personal
Duran attended high school learning at the Pedro Maria Ochoa Morales Military School, located in Los Teques and also in the
Anzoategui Military School. He finished his studies of superior education in the Capital Region’s Technical Institute, obtaining the title of Technical Superior in Mechanics with a technology minor.Business
In the work-environment he was exposed to; the world of aircraft and luxury cars, he was able to meet and make relations with individuals of high economical level. In the year 1989 he met Omar Camero.
Duran made his first big business deal with the selling of
SONY equipments and microwaves in the chain of stores “PEPEGANGA” with a loan of $1,000,000 from the Latino Bank, which it was provided thanks to the endorsement given to him at that time by Omar Camero. Then, in 1992 Camero gets together with Franklin Duran in an enterprise called DISLACA, which was dedicated to food-importation, distributing toProcter & Gamble . In the year 1993 Duran buys his first aircraft, aCessna 206 .With this financial engineer, he obtains utilities up to 10 times his investment. In the year 1997 Franklin Duran took a high risk; he invested $20,000 and won $275,000 in TYCO. That same year he went to
Russia withCitibank ’s vice-president, where they searched for aircraft-related businesses, but came back having bought Russianbonds .Referring to the human side and solidarity of Duran, together with his business partner and friend, Carlos Kauffamn, during the tragedy in the state of Vargas, they both incorporated brigades for the victims and putting in disposition helicopters of their own for transporting victims to
Caracas and other cities. This information was transmitted in a documentary by theDiscovery Channel .During the oil strike they helped the neediest
Venezuelan people.Through the company RUIBAL & DURAN, Franklin and his business partners are representatives and distributors of very important North American enterprises in
Venezuela , some of them specialized in selling equipments for the police department and the fire department.References
* [http://www.el-nacional.com/www/site/detalle_noticia.php?q=nodo/7180 Argentina acusa a Washington de buscar quebrar relaciones en América Latina]
* [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=971837&origen=rss CARACAS.- En una entrada de Wikipedia que deja pocas dudas sobre su autoría, Franklin Durán parece querer explicar lo que muchos se preguntan en Venezuela]
* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/live/live.html?in_article_id=455811&in_page_id=1889 The real story behind the Gumball Rally]
* [http://www.elnuevoherald.com/213/story/130179.html Fiscal: Venezuela envió dinero a campaña de Cristina Kirchner]
* [http://www.elnuevoherald.com/213/story/130691.html Venezolanos denuncian retención de $7 millones]
* [http://www.elnuevoherald.com/182/story/130692.html Unidos por amistad dinero y aventuras]External links
* [http://www.ruibalduran.com Ruibal y Duran C.A Sitio Oficial]
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