Judge Yanibet Rivas of the National District Instruction Court gave green light to the agreement reached by the Attorney General and Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica (Embraer) that accepted it was guilty of paying US$3.5 million in bribes for the sale of Super Tucano aircraft for the prosecution of drug trafficking in 2009. The purchase was made during a Leonel Fernandez administration. The judge said the ruling would be read on 20 September 2018. It accepts that the company compensates the Dominican state US$7 million for the bribes paid. The agreement makes possible a fast-tracked hearing of the case.
As part of the agreement, the company would share with the Attorney General Office in the Dominican Republic findings presented in the case that was heard in the United States where it was determined that the company paid the US$3.5 million in bribes to secure the contract for the aircraft sold to the Dominican air force.
The agreement is similar to that reached by the Attorney General regarding the Odebrecht US$92 million bribes scandal, of US$184 million in compensation to the Dominican government for desisting in incriminating the company executives.
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Listin Diario
3 September 2018
