{"id":176076,"date":"2022-03-28T06:52:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T10:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=176076"},"modified":"2022-03-28T08:18:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:18:33","slug":"the-8-legislators-in-the-gaming-business-have-combined-fortunes-in-excess-of-rd1-18-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/03\/28\/the-8-legislators-in-the-gaming-business-have-combined-fortunes-in-excess-of-rd1-18-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"The 8 legislators in the gaming business have combined fortunes in excess of RD$1.18 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Legisladores-con-bancas-de-apuestas-N-Digital-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176063\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Legisladores-con-bancas-de-apuestas-N-Digital-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Legisladores-con-bancas-de-apuestas-N-Digital-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Legisladores-con-bancas-de-apuestas-N-Digital-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Legisladores-con-bancas-de-apuestas-N-Digital.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigative journalist Nuria Piera continues to look inside the fortunes of eight Dominican legislators who are known to be in the gaming industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the eight legislators, four belong to the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), three to the former ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and one to the People\u2019s Force (FP), the political party of former President Leonel Fernandez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Piera highlights their fortunes in descending order on N Digital:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Juan Carlos Echavarr\u00eda Milan\u00e9 (PLD-Santo Domingo) reported RD$402,588,054.50 on his official wealth statement. He is the owner of the Consorcio de Bancas Joselito. He is a member of the Permanent Committee for Sports, Physical Education and Recreation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Eduard Espiritusanto Castillo (FP-La Romana) is the owner of the Consorcio de Bancas Eduard. Castillo reports wealth amounting to RD$373,208,708.58.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Carlos Jos\u00e9 Gil Rodr\u00edguez (PLD-Santo Domingo) reports RD$108,156,763. He is the owner of the La Din\u00e1mica betting consortium. He is the president of the Permanent Committee of Modernization and Reform of the State and is part of the Permanent Committee of Social Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Orlando Antonio Martinez Pe\u00f1a (PRM-Monse\u00f1or Nouel) reports wealth of almost RD$100 million. He is in his second term as deputy. He is the owner of Consorcio de Bancas OM. He is a member of the Chamber of Accounts and Industry and Commerce committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Manuel Miguel Flori\u00e1n Terrero (PRM-Barahona) reports RD$92,154,074.7. He is president of the Consorcio de Bancas Los Mellizos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Domingo Eusebio de Le\u00f3n Mascaro (PLD-Santo Domingo) reports RD$60,420,994.90. He is the owner of bancas La Soluci\u00f3n and partner of Loteka. He is a member of the Permanent Committee of Economy, Planning and Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Melvin Alexis Lara Melo (PRM-Santo Domingo) reports RD$33,949,694.0 million. He is a member of the Education and Sports, Physical Education and Recreation committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Alexander Javier Cuevas (PRM-Santo Domingo) reports RD$17,341,417.6 million. He owns the Alex Sport betting company. He is a member of the Human Rights, Human Development and Sports, Physical Education and Recreation committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/n.com.do\/2022\/03\/25\/los-8-legisladores-banqueros-tienen-fortunas-combinadas-superior-a-mil-184-millones-de-pesos\/\">N Digital<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/2022\/03\/21\/nuria-piera-tells-on-the-eight-dominican-legislators-who-own-betting-companies-diario-libre-had-reported-on-other-congressmen-in-the-gambling-business\/\">DR1 News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28 March 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigative journalist Nuria Piera continues to look inside the fortunes of eight Dominican legislators who are known to be in the gaming industry. Of the eight legislators, four belong to the ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), three to the former ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) and one to the People\u2019s Force (FP), the political party &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/03\/28\/the-8-legislators-in-the-gaming-business-have-combined-fortunes-in-excess-of-rd1-18-billion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[293,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176076"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176076"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176155,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176076\/revisions\/176155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}