The Attorney General’s office confirmed that the location for his preventive custody had been changed from La Victoria to Najayo following a request from his lawyers and family members amid fears for his safety in La Victoria. On Tuesday, 13 June 2017 he was taken to the Najayo men’s jail where he will join seven others sent there accused of taking bribes in the Odebrecht construction company scandal.
Rondón is accused of being the “bag man” for Odebrecht operations in the country. He acted as commercial representative for the company and said that he had received an amount similar to US$92 million Odebrecht has described as bribes for Dominican government officials and legislators. But Rondón has maintained his innocence, and says the money was in payment of his services to secure contracts for Odebrecht in the Dominican Republic.
The Attorney General’s office has also accused Rondón of putting around RD$574,112,406.37 in the name of his daughter. The money is supposedly part of the bribes money paid by the Odebrecht construction company. The prosecution file against Rondón explains that his 37-year old daughter is a shareholder in her father’s companies. Some RD$574,112,406.37 and US$14, 720,413.00 were deposited in her bank accounts from 2007 to 2017, according to a press release from the public prosecution service.
The release states that Kelly Rondón, a cousin of Rondón, also deposited an amount of RD$50,883,292.48, when he was the legal adviser to the Aqueduct and Sewage Corporation of Santo Domingo (CAASD) with a monthly salary of RD$40,000.00.
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14 June 2017
