Robert Valdez, the lawyer of the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht in the Dominican Republic, says the company has met all the commitments made in the deal signed with the Attorney General Office. He said the company has delivered the documents related to the bribes the company admitted to paying to secure contract work in the country. The company has paid US$30 million of the US$184 million compensation for the bribes.
Valdez made the statement during a press conference at the Odebrecht office in Santo Domingo.
The Attorney General based their case for submitting 14 persons accusing these of taking bribes in the Odebrecht case. Of these, only former Minister of Public Works Víctor Díaz Rúa and Odebrecht commercial representative Angel Rondón are free under pre-trial measures.
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El Dia
10 August 2017
