LOS ANGELES ? The U.S. government is seeking to recover more than $70 million from the son of Equatorial Guinea's president over allegations of corruption and money laundering.
Two complaints, filed Tuesday in Washington and unsealed in Los Angeles, say Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, a government minister in the Western African country, used his position to profit through money laundering and corruption.
U.S. authorities believe Nguema, son of Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, amassed more than $100 million and spent $30 million on a Malibu mansion, $38.5 million on a Gulfstream jet and nearly $2 million in Michael Jackson memorabilia.
"We are sending the message loud and clear: the United States will not be a hiding place for the ill-gotten riches of the world's corrupt leaders," said Assistant U.S. Attorney General Lanny Breuer.
Despite a government salary of less than $100,000 a year, Nguema was able to pilfer millions of dollars from the extraction and sale of his country's natural resources, authorities said. His family is accused of tapping Equatorial Guinea's oil wealth.
An email message left for Purificacion Angue Ondo, Equatorial Guinea's ambassador to the U.S., was not immediately returned.
Among the other items purchased by Nguema, according to federal officials, was a 2011 Ferrari automobile valued at more than $530,000.
The U.S. government said it will attempt to recover the stolen funds for "the benefit of the people of the country from which it was taken."
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