Judge Alejandro Vargas put on hold the legal case for fraud and ordered the release from jail of Luis José Asilis, after the later reached an agreement to pay US$1 million to Venezuelan investors who sued him for embezzlement of US$674,900 in the sale of land in Juan Dolio. Vargas has pending a case for tax evasion, fraud, criminal association and asset laundering with the Tax Agency (DGII). Asilis is a major shareholder in Grupo Metro hotel and transport companies and in Lajun Corporation, the former operator of the Duquesa waste dump.
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El Dia
29 August 2018
