The Attorney General’s Office has announced that in connection with the Odebrecht bribery scandal new and valuable information has been provided to the AG’s office by the Brazilian government. The information includes emails, fictitious contracts and testimonials from four of Odebrecht executives based in Brazil.
This information supposedly identifies those Dominican public servants who had received bribes as well as detailing transfers of money to overseas Banks.
The Office highlighted that this evidence was obtained as part of an agreement signed with the company which was used so that the judge from the Supreme Court, Francisco Ortega Polanco, could issue the arrest warrants which lead to the arrest of 10 citizens implicated in the case.
Two of these individuals are still in preventive custody, while the others are under house arrest or out on bail under conditions that require their periodic appearances in court. None of the accused are allowed to leave the country.
The Office also said that more information from Brazil was forthcoming and the investigation is continuing, although the exact details of the inquiry are still confidential.
https://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/justicia/procuraduria-dice-odebrecht-entrego-correos-electronicos-y-evidencia-contra-acusados-dominicanos-EM7781071
2 August 2017
