On Monday, 20 August 2018, the former directors of the Municipal District Board of Cabarete, Puerto Plata province, Gabriel Antonio Mora Ramírez (Canoa) and Eddy Ramón Morfe, were arrested following the decision by the Supreme Court of Justice to confirm the two-year prison sentence following their conviction for embezzling RD$185 million while they were in charge of the district of Cabarete from 2004 and 2010.
The Specialized Prosecution Service for the Persecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) said in a press release that the Supreme Court had rejected an appeal to annul the ruling.
The two were convicted last year by a Puerto Plata appeals court after a previous court had found them not guilty.
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Listin Diario
22 August 2018
