Julio M. Herrera Velutini

Convicted of

Bribery, illegal campaign contributions

Sentence

N/A

Reported amount

$3,500,000 (daughter's donations to MAGA Inc.)

Notability

Venezuelan-Italian billionaire banker; convicted in Puerto Rico bribery scheme involving $300K in illegal campaign contributions to former Gov. Wanda Vazquez Garced in exchange for firing a financial regulator investigating his bank

Why / who lobbied

His daughter Isabela Herrera donated $3.5M to Trump's MAGA Inc. super PAC ($2.5M Dec 2024 + $1M July 2025). Represented by Christopher Kise (Trump's former personal attorney). DOJ political appointee overruled prosecutors to broker lenient plea deal before pardon.