Former Lottery Administrator Luis Maisichell Dicent was discharged of charges of fraud in the Operation 13 Case heard in the judiciary. Maisichell Dicent was appointed in the Abinader administration.
Operation 13 is the case that exploded when a video of the calling of the lottery on 1 May 2021 revealed a scam. Accusations charged that the fraud caused losses of RD$500 million.
Wilson Camacho, of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Attorney General Office (PEPCA), said the PEPCA would appeal. He said it is impossible that the fraudulent lottery call could have happened without the participation of Maisichell Dicent.
The Second Collegiate Court of the National District dismissed the former administrator of the National Lottery, Luis Maisichell Dicent, from the Operation 13 case yet sentenced the other defendants to seven, six and five years in prison.
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