The Attorney General Office says it will reveal to the general public the full agreement reached with the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht as soon as the latter is validated by the coordinating judge, Alejandro Vargas. While some points have been revealed, such as that it is an eight-year agreement for US$184 million in payments, with US$30 million paid with the signing, most of the details on the compensation by Odebrecht for bribes, are not public.
On Thursday in Brazil, Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez participated in a regional meeting with Brazilian authorities investigating the Odebrecht mega corruption case in which the company admitted to bribes and overpricing in order to do business in Latin America.
In the Dominican Republic, only the commercial representative of Odebrecht, Angel Rondón has admitted to receiving US$92 million that he said were not bribes as a US court determined but rather fees for securing the contracts. The Dominican government has yet to take any penal action against Rondón or any person related to the Odebrecht overpricing and bribery scandal.
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El Nacional
Diario Libre
17 February 2017
