An investigation carried out by the Attorney General Office (Public Ministry) in the Dominican Republic accuses former Major League Baseball player Octavio Dotel of being a front for drug trafficking money laundering operations by drug capo Cesar Emilio Peralta (a.ka. César El Abusador). Octavio Dotel has defended his innocence in the case.
The Attorney General Office revealed this week that the retired ballplayer used his condition as a former baseball player to legitimize large amounts of money and properties.
On 21 August 2019, Dotel’s defense counsel Fredermido Ferreras called the accusations a show used to hide the real criminals. Ferreras countered that the person who should be being processed for money laundering in the United States is the Attorney General himself who he says has fast accumulated enormous wealth.
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22 August 2019