The Attorney General of the Dominican Republic, Francisco Dominguez Brito presented formal indictments against 16 people, including politicians, businessmen and transport syndicate leaders, regarding the alleged RD$1.6 billion swindle of the Dominican state. The money was part of the Plan Renove transport program. The attorney general sent the brief to the National District judge-coordinator Doris Josefina Pujols who now needs to set a date for the trial.
For this second phase of the process, the state prosecutor included Antonio Reynoso (Father Antonio), Freddy William Mendez, Alfredo Linares (Cambita) and Blas Peralta. The others the prosecutors have accused of defrauding the government of over a billion and a half pesos are Ramon Emilio Jimenez Jr., Fabio Ruiz Rosado, Siquio NG de la Rosa, Casimiro Antonio Marte Familia, Milciades Amaro Guzman, Francisco Antonio Perez, Diogenes de la Cruz Castillo, Angel Rondon Rijo, Juan Julio (Johnny) Morales and Shlomo Ben-Tov (Sam Goodson).
The group is accused of distributing hundreds of vehicles to family members and political leaders that had no connection to public transport. Most of the accused are free on bail or under house arrest.