The first reports on the 2018 audit to the state bus company, Omsa have been made public. While press reports had cited the anomalies on several occasions, it took the murder of lawyer Yuniol Ramírez for the government to act on corruption in the entity. Ramírez was preparing to take the management of Manuel Rivas at Omsa to court for corruption. Following the murder of the lawyer, the government ordered an audit of the operations.
According to the findings presented on 10 April 2018, significant irregularities were confirmed by auditors of the Chamber of Accounts and the Attorney General Office for the period 22 August 2012 and 17 October 2017. Meanwhile, the former director of Omsa is under arrest as the investigations are underway.
Among the findings is that RD$3,029,885,296 was paid to suppliers that had not signed contracts. 33 companies benefited with RD$2.15 billion in contract work, or 64% of the total paid by Omsa during the audited period.
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16 April 2018
