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Documents and contemporary reporting show Smartmatic’s founders are Venezuelan nationals (Antonio Mugica, Roger Piñate, Alfredo Anzola) and the company won large Venezuelan contracts beginning in 2004...
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) reviewed Smartmatic’s 2005 acquisition of Sequoia Voting Systems amid concerns that opaque foreign ownership—particularly ties to Venez...
The Smartmatic acquisition of U.S. voting-machine maker Sequoia prompted a CFIUS review that the companies say they voluntarily requested in late October 2006 and that federal authorities opened as an...
The Smartmatic/Sequoia episode prompted a CFIUS inquiry in late 2006 after media and congressional concerns about foreign influence, but the Committee did not issue a public, detailed report of findin...
Contemporaneous claims that Smartmatic had operational and ownership ties to the Venezuelan government rested on a mix of corporate records, media reporting about early Venezuelan contracts, a 2006 U....
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) subjected Smartmatic’s 2005 acquisition of Sequoia to interagency scrutiny after congressional and media concerns about Smartmatic’s Ve...