The Specialized Prosecution Unit for the Persecution of Administrative Corruption (PEPCA) has formally accused six people and three companies, together with their representatives of supposed participation in US$3.5 million in bribes that the company Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. (Embraer) has admitted to having paid to facilitate the Dominican government’s purchase of eight Super Tucano aircraft in 2009 under the President Leonel Fernández administration.
The accusation was made against former Minister of the Armed Forces, retired Major General Rafael Peña Antonio; the former director of special projects of the Dominican Air Force, Colonel Carlos Piccini Núñez; businessmen Daniel Aquino Méndez and Daniel Aquino Hernández; Ysrael Abreu Rosario and Félix Del Orbe Berroa, as well as the companies Embraer, Magycorp, S.R.L., and 4D Business Group.
PEPCA noted that the investigation began in 2016 and they requested an extension to be able to complete a thorough investigation into the case as well as international cooperation with Brazil and the United States. This time extension also allowed the identification of five additional individuals and companies who have been accused: Embraer, Magycorp, 4D Business Group, Abreu Rosario y Del Orbe Berroa.
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Listin Diario
7 September 2017
