Santiago city mayor Abel Martínez has charged the Santiago Water Corporation (Coraasan) and its director Silvio Durán Rodríguez for fraud, as reported in La Información. The complaint was submitted to the Specialized Administrative Corruption Prosecution Office (Pepca).
The city government says that Coraasan owes them RD$43 million for garbage collection services and RD$22 million for keeping 12% in favor of the board of the Santiago firemen.
The city mayor has asked for a fine of five years in jail for Durán and a fine three times more than the suspected fraud amount and a compensation of RD$10 million.
Martínez accuses Coraasan and its director of violating Art. 310 of City Governments Law 176-07.
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La Informacion
Diario Libre
14 July 2017
