A brother has filed a complaint at the Prosecutor’s office in the National District against former director of the Office of Supervising Engineers of State Works (Oisoe), Miguel Pimentel Karet, alleging a US$25 million fraud. Victor Eduardo Pimentel Karet filed the complaint through his lawyer Tomas Castro.
The complaint alleges that in the early 90s the two brothers held 40% of the shares in the Caribbean Village and Resort Dominicana company, that operated hotels and that the shares were in the name of a company that both owned, which was also the owner of the Decameron Resort in Juan Dolio.
The complaint goes on to say that during a trip, Miguel Pimentel Kareh found out that the company would bring in a powerful investment group, who would bring in valuable hotel properties, and he did not tell his brother this news. The brief goes on to say that for several days, the plaintiff tried calling his brother in order to receive his part of the sale but the former government official but this did not happen and thus the brother is suing.
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El Nacional
25 January 2018
