One of the key figures in the RENOVE corruption case, Sam Goodson, a.k.a. Shlomo Ben-Tov, will be extradited back to the Dominican Republic to stand trial for his part in the RD$1.8 billion scandal. Readers may remember that last spring Goodson left the Dominican Republic as the magistrate was still reading his decision to send the case to trial. In August, judge Esther Agelan Casasnovas declared Goodson to be a fugitive from justice. As reported in Diario Libre, this is the first time that a United States citizen will have been extradited to the Dominican Republic, although two Dominican residents of the United States have been extradited in the past. The Southern District of Florida Federal Court accepted the Dominican request for extradition last Friday. Goodson figured as the head of the Hyundai Americas Corporation. In April, while magistrate Alfredo Rios Fabian was reading the restraining orders that consisted of a RD$50 million bail bond and no exit permit, Goodson walked out of the courtroom with his lawyers. The presiding judge had indicated that there were enough indications about Goodson’s participation to hold him for trial.