The Ministry of Education (Minerd) was apparently swindled out of some RD$45 million in the purchase of land in the community of Las Placetas in the municipality of San Jose de Las Matas, in the province of Santiago.
The lawsuit was filed in the Santiago Land Court against several persons accused of selling 4,200 m² to the Ministry of Education without having proper title. The lawsuit was filed by lawyers representing Juan Antonio Espinal against the former Mayor of San Jose de La Matas , Enerio Antonio Rodriguez Rodriguez and a dozen other persons.
According to the case file, the former Mayor Rodriguez Rodriguez bought the land from Maria Selina Taveras who did not possess title. The lawsuit accuses Rodriguez Rodriguez of then selling the land to the Ministry of Education. The lawsuit alleges that Rodriguez Rodriguez was aware that land actually belonged to Juan Antonio Espinal and the plaintiff knowingly committed fraud by selling the land to the Ministry of Education.
This is the second case of the Ministry of Education being cheated in the purchase of land to be used for building a public school.
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5 July 2018
