2005News

CONATRA boss has RD$113 million

The personal fortune of leading transport union director, Antonio Marte is at RD$113 million, according to a credit report filed on occasion of ongoing investigations to prepare the Plan Renove court case. Diario Libre reported that the money is in savings accounts, savings certificates, and term deposits. Furthermore, the Confederacion Nacional del Transporte (CONATRA) that he oversees has bank accounts worth RD$35 million. The case for fraud against the state will be heard by Judge Esther Agelan Casasnovas. CONATRA is one of the leading beneficiaries of the program whereby the Mejia administration took on commercial bank loans abroad to finance new vehicles and other items for the beneficiaries in the name of improving public transport in the DR.