The Department of Prevention of Corruption (Depreco) has issued criminal charges against six former officers of the Mejia government for fraud, among other charges, in the distributing of 51 of the 200 green houses among relatives and close friends in perjury to the state for RD$500 million. Former President Hipolito Mejia contracted a US$39 million loan with the Deutsche Bank of Spain on 2 March 2001 for the construction of 295 green houses. With the appreciation of the Euro, the funds became US$36 million and only 200 green houses were purchased at a cost each of US$180,000, of which the beneficiary was only required to pay US$68,000 over a ten year term, with the difference picked up by the state. Octavio Lister, of Depreco, said they are investigating 20 persons in the case.
The government is prosecuting former minister of Agriculture Jose Antonio Fabelo, former deputy minister Sergio Uribe Castro, and brothers Andres, Fausto Porfirio and Jose Rafael Escarraman Hernandez, the first two former deputy ministers of environment and the last an assistant to the President, and former alternate ambassador to the United Nations, Ramon Osiris Polanco.