The Dominican government’s accounting office, known as the Chamber of Accounts, handed the Santo Domingo prosecutor’s office a complaint directed at the electricity distributor Ede-Este and its current and past officers connected to a sum of RD$2.060 billion that was allegedly not reported to the government. Apparently, the money was classified under “uncollectable accounts,” but the lofty amount violates the limits placed on this type of account by the Rules for the Application of the Tax Code 138-98, Article 29. The accounting office has handed the case over to the prosecutor’s office in order to investigate the degree of responsibility of all current and former Ede-Este officers. The audit also showed that the Dominican state, as a 50% shareholder in Ede-Este’s operations, failed to receive RD$171 million because the agreement on the conciliation and consolidation of debts in the CDEEE, dated 5 June 2003, was not fulfilled. According to the accounting unit, when Ede-Este was required to pay the CDEEE an amount of RD$1,049,218,000, the sum of RD$777 million was to go towards the acquisition of Ede-Este shares by the Dominican government and the remaining RD$271,854,102 was to be paid to the Dominican Treasury. Of this sum, Ede-Este has only paid RD$100 million, however, leaving nearly RD$172 million left to be paid.