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Following the request, Smartmatic and Sequoia submitted a request to be reviewed by the CFIUS while also denying links to the Venezuelan government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsmax.com/pre-2008/voting-machine-firm-denies-hugo/2006/10/30/id/684637/|title=Voting-Machine Firm Denies Hugo Chavez Ties|date=2006-10-30|website=[[Newsmax]]|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> The company disclosed that it was owned by Antonio Mugica (78.8%), Alfredo Anzola (3.87%), Roger Pinate (8.47%), Jorge Massa Dustou (5.97%) and employees (2.89%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtech.com/security/Voting-Machine-Company-Vows-No-Connection.html|title=Voting Machine Company Vows No Connection to Venezuelan President Chavez|website=www.govtech.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> Smartmatic subsequently sold Sequoia and later withdrew from Cook County in December 2006.<ref name="WSJpe">{{cite news|title=Politics & Economics: Smartmatic to Shed U.S. Unit, End Probe Into Venezuelan Links|last1=Davis|first1=Bob|date=22 December 2006|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company]]|ref=Page A6}}</ref>

Following the request, Smartmatic and Sequoia submitted a request to be reviewed by the CFIUS while also denying links to the Venezuelan government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsmax.com/pre-2008/voting-machine-firm-denies-hugo/2006/10/30/id/684637/|title=Voting-Machine Firm Denies Hugo Chavez Ties|date=2006-10-30|website=[[Newsmax]]|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> The company disclosed that it was owned by Antonio Mugica (78.8%), Alfredo Anzola (3.87%), Roger Pinate (8.47%), Jorge Massa Dustou (5.97%) and employees (2.89%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtech.com/security/Voting-Machine-Company-Vows-No-Connection.html|title=Voting Machine Company Vows No Connection to Venezuelan President Chavez|website=www.govtech.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref> Smartmatic subsequently sold Sequoia and later withdrew from Cook County in December 2006.<ref name="WSJpe">{{cite news|title=Politics & Economics: Smartmatic to Shed U.S. Unit, End Probe Into Venezuelan Links|last1=Davis|first1=Bob|date=22 December 2006|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company]]|ref=Page A6}}</ref>

''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' wrote that "Smartmatic scrapped a simple corporate structure" of being based in Boca Raton "for a far more complex arrangement" of being located in multiple locations following the Sequoia incident.<ref name="WSJpe" /> Though Smartmatic has made differing statements saying that they were either American or Dutch based, the [[United States Department of State]] stated that its Venezuelan owners "remain hidden behind a web of holding companies in the Netherlands and Barbados".<ref name="MTus" /><ref name="BBCsmart" /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' states that "the role of the young Venezuelan engineers who founded Smartmatic has become less visible" and that its organization is "an elaborate web of offshore companies and foreign trusts",<ref name="NYTties" /> while [[BBC News]] states that though Smartmatic says the company was founded in the United States, "its roots are firmly anchored in (Venezuela)".<ref name="BBCsmart" /> Multiple sources simply state that Smartmatic is a Venezuelan company.<ref name="SMARTvenezuelan">{{plainlist|{{bullet}}{{cite news|last1=Tiglao|first1=Rigoberto D.|title=US Caracas Embassy: 'Smartmatic is a riddle'|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/us-caracas-embassy-smartmatic-is-a-riddle/232249/|accessdate=1 July 2017|work=[[The Manila Times]]|date=1 December 2015}}<br />{{bullet}}{{cite book|title=Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), One Year After Dubai Ports World: Congressional Hearing|date=7 February 2007|publisher=[[Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States]]|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=978-1422320471|page=7<!--|accessdate=22 December 2016-->}}<br />{{bullet}}{{cite news|last1=Uy|first1=Jocelyn R.|title=Smartmatic faces probe|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/785566/smartmatic-faces-probe|accessdate=25 October 2016|work=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=14 May 2016}}<br />{{bullet}}{{cite magazine|last1=Essers|first1=Loek|title=Belgian Region's Decision to Use New Voting Machines Reignites E-voting Debate|url=http://www.cio.com/article/2391971/e-voting/belgian-region-s-decision-to-use-new-voting-machines-reignites-e-voting-debate.html|magazine=[[CIO magazine|CIO]]|accessdate=31 October 2016|date=2012-09-24}}}}</ref> Smartmatic maintains that the holding companies in multiple countries are used for "[[Tax avoidance|tax efficiency]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-10-30/news/0610300235_1_electronic-voting-election-officials-electronic-voting|title=Election officials OK with probe|last1=McCormick|first1=John|date=30 October 2006|work=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|accessdate=1 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>

''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' wrote that "Smartmatic scrapped a simple corporate structure" of being based in Boca Raton "for a far more complex arrangement" of being located in multiple locations following the Sequoia incident.<ref name="WSJpe" /> Though Smartmatic has made differing statements saying that they were either American or Dutch based, the [[United States Department of State]] stated that its Venezuelan owners "remain hidden behind a web of holding companies in the Netherlands and Barbados".<ref name="MTus" /><ref name="BBCsmart" /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' states that "the role of the young Venezuelan engineers who founded Smartmatic has become less visible" and that its organization is "an elaborate web of offshore companies and foreign trusts",<ref name="NYTties" /> while [[BBC News]] states that though Smartmatic says the company was founded in the United States, "its roots are firmly anchored in (Venezuela)".<ref name="BBCsmart" /> Multiple sources simply state that Smartmatic is a Venezuelan company.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tiglao|first1=Rigoberto D.|title=US Caracas Embassy: 'Smartmatic is a riddle'|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/us-caracas-embassy-smartmatic-is-a-riddle/232249/|accessdate=|work=The Manila Times|date=1 December 2015}}<br />{{cite book|title=Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), One Year After Dubai Ports World: Congressional Hearing|date=7 February 2007|publisher=[[Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States]]|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=978-1422320471|page=7<!--|accessdate=22 December 2016-->}}<br />{{cite news|last1=Uy|first1=Jocelyn R.|title=Smartmatic faces probe|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/785566/smartmatic-faces-probe|accessdate=25 October 2016|work=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=14 May 2016}}<br />{{cite magazine|last1=Essers|first1=Loek|title=Belgian Region's Decision to Use New Voting Machines Reignites E-voting Debate|url=http://www.cio.com/article/2391971/e-voting/belgian-region-s-decision-to-use-new-voting-machines-reignites-e-voting-debate.html|magazine=CIO magazine|accessdate=|date=2012-09-24}}}}</ref> Smartmatic maintains that the holding companies in multiple countries are used for "[[Tax avoidance|tax efficiency]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2006-10-30/news/0610300235_1_electronic-voting-election-officials-electronic-voting|title=Election officials OK with probe|last1=McCormick|first1=John|date=30 October 2006|work=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|accessdate=1 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>

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