Odebrecht bribes case: Angel Rondon and Victor Diaz sentenced

[Dolores]

The judges of the First Collegiate Court of the National District, Esmirna Giselle Mendez, Tania Yunes and Jisell Naranjo only found commercial representative of the Brazilian construction firm Angel Rondon and former minister of Public Works Victor Diaz Rua guilty in the US$92 million bribes case. The case began in 2017 after Odebrecht officers admitted to paying the bribes to expedite contracting works in the Dominican Republic in a New York City court in December 2016.

The case was investigated by then Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez. Early on, the president of the Criminal Court of the Supreme Court of Justice, Miriam German Brito warned that flaws in the preparation of the case would undermine the prosecution efforts. After making the statement publicly, German Brito would not be renewed as a judge in the Supreme Court. Rodríguez would present...

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[Duece]

If you think only two people got 92 million USD you are in dreamland. Even before the verdict there was article after article saying justice would not be served. Guess what, it wasn't.
JD

 

[CristoRey]

The Banana Republic's finest hour.
5 years in jail for stealing a cow.
10 years in jail for a fake vaccine card.
8 years house arrest for stealing USD $92 million.
May God have mercy on this country and it's people.

 

[drstock]

"As in the case of Rondón, Díaz Rúa will keep the same preventive measures and is only impeded to travel abroad and must be available for presentations in court." says the article.

So basically they are free to carry on as free men in the DR?

 

[AlterEgo]

"As in the case of Rondón, Díaz Rúa will keep the same preventive measures and is only impeded to travel abroad and must be available for presentations in court." says the article.

So basically they are free to carry on as free men in the DR?

Yep. Amazing, isn’t it???

 

[bob saunders]

Rondón brings up a good point, he is convicted of bribery but nobody is convicted of receiving those bribes.

 

[CristoRey]

Yep. Amazing, isn’t it???

Amazing? No.
Dominican? Yes.
I will glady take 8 years of house arrest for USD $92 million.

 

[JD Jones]

"As in the case of Rondón, Díaz Rúa will keep the same preventive measures and is only impeded to travel abroad and must be available for presentations in court." says the article.

So basically they are free to carry on as free men in the DR?

Did you miss the part about their assets being forfeited?

 

[AlterEgo]

Did you miss the part about their assets being forfeited?

Ah, I missed that. I feel better. 😊

 

[drstock]

Did you miss the part about their assets being forfeited?

I didn't miss it. Their assets have been confiscated but they are able to carry on as free men but with fewer assets except those they managed to hide.

 

[USA DOC]

I wonder how much of his assets it cost to buy that verdict?