Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito warned yesterday that the investigations into the land sale in Azua will be intensive, and that anyone found to be involved in criminal actions will be indicted. He said that “once the investigations are over the Justice Department will do what it has to do.” The Commission on Ethics and to Fight Corruption sent the Department for the Prevention of Corruption (DEPRECO) a report that sets out the alleged irregularities in the way payments for the lands were made. DEPRECO is investigating the supposed over-payment for the land in Azua to the tune of RD$500 million. So far, the former Presidential Minister for Technical Affairs, Rafael Calderon, the former Treasurer, Pastora Mendez and the former sub-controller Luis Vasquez have been interrogated by DEPRECO. Initial reports on the case cited the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as requesting the investigation. However, yesterday, according to El Caribe and Diario Libre, the US Embassy put out a press release that said that USAID had not made a formal complaint to the anti-corruption authorities (DEPRECO). The note says that Ministry of Finance officials have been working with technicians from the department of Public Credit with the idea of looking at the review of hundreds of cases or property expropriations. The note says that ” the Embassy of the United States firmly supports all the efforts being carried out by the authorities to counter the corruption practices.”