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Peravia fraud case defendant accuses prosecutor in plain hearin
Santo Domingo.- A National District interim judge on Wednesday began the hearings against three defendants in the Peravia Bank fraud case and upon noting that one of them had no lawyer, asked him, ?why??
The accused Nelson Cabral turned to his right, looked at prosecutor Isidro Vasquez and then told 2nd Instruction Court judge Luis Borges: "Ask him because I gave him US$250,000 to resolve that."
The entire courtroom went silent from the statement and on the prosecutor?s lack of reaction.
The judge then adjourned the hearing and told the prosecutor to approach the bench to question him on what had occurred.
Upon learning of the incident Justice minister Francisco Dominguez instructed inspector general Bol?var S?nchez to investigate Vasquez, who has previously been charged with taking bribes. He was also accused of taking a US$75,000 bribe from Puerto Rican alleged drug trafficker Jose Antonio David Colon, but then Justice minister Radhames Jimenez dropped the case in 2007.
National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso said Vasquez hasn?t been suspended but was taken off the case pending the investigation.
Accused
Also being held in connection with the case are Carlos Ferrer, former army coronel, Florentino de Jes?s Acosta, Yesenia Serret, Nelson Serret, Mar?a Luisa Guzm?n, Yomalys Fern?ndez, Magdalen Serret, Jorge Serret and Faunside Donato Morales.
Peravia fraud case defendant accuses prosecutor in plain hearin
Santo Domingo.- A National District interim judge on Wednesday began the hearings against three defendants in the Peravia Bank fraud case and upon noting that one of them had no lawyer, asked him, ?why??
The accused Nelson Cabral turned to his right, looked at prosecutor Isidro Vasquez and then told 2nd Instruction Court judge Luis Borges: "Ask him because I gave him US$250,000 to resolve that."
The entire courtroom went silent from the statement and on the prosecutor?s lack of reaction.
The judge then adjourned the hearing and told the prosecutor to approach the bench to question him on what had occurred.
Upon learning of the incident Justice minister Francisco Dominguez instructed inspector general Bol?var S?nchez to investigate Vasquez, who has previously been charged with taking bribes. He was also accused of taking a US$75,000 bribe from Puerto Rican alleged drug trafficker Jose Antonio David Colon, but then Justice minister Radhames Jimenez dropped the case in 2007.
National District prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso said Vasquez hasn?t been suspended but was taken off the case pending the investigation.
Accused
Also being held in connection with the case are Carlos Ferrer, former army coronel, Florentino de Jes?s Acosta, Yesenia Serret, Nelson Serret, Mar?a Luisa Guzm?n, Yomalys Fern?ndez, Magdalen Serret, Jorge Serret and Faunside Donato Morales.
