Vitol Paid Convicted Oil Trader Javier Aguilar $75 Million
A redacted sentencing memo filed August 12 in Aguilar's Brooklyn corruption case, docket 1:20-cr-00390, disclosed the payout.
- Javier Aguilar, once a Vitol crude oil trader, stands convicted on corruption charges in federal court.
- The $75 million figure appears in docket entry 413, filed in the Eastern District of New York.
- The case, United States v. Aguilar, carries docket number 1:20-cr-00390 in Brooklyn's federal court.
Why it matters: Every corruption case reduces to one ledger line: who paid whom, and how much.
EDNY docket, United States v. Aguilar, 1:20-cr-00390 (redacted sentencing memorandum, docket entry #413, filed 2026-08-12) ↗ · Sep 15, 20269/15/26