Ex-Banker Pleads Guilty in Venezuela Money-Laundering Case

In deal with U.S. prosecutors, former Swiss banker will cooperate in probe said to involve relatives of President Maduro

A former Swiss banker has pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to helping launder $1.2 billion of money embezzled from Venezuela’s bankrupt state oil company in a scheme that involved close relatives of a Venezuelan official.

People familiar with the case say that official is President Nicolás Maduro.

Matthias Krull, a 44-years-old Panama-based...