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SANTO DOMINGO. – The Supreme Court (SCJ) today upheld a lower court’s verdict that sends former Dominican energy czar Cesar Sanchez to a criminal trial on charges of fraud in the use of more than RD$2 billion, allocated to build the Santo Domingo-Santiago “electric freeway.”
The Santo Domingo Court of Appeals found enough evidence to indict Sanchez, ex director of the State-owned power companies grouped in CDEEE, on charges he misused the money from the Sovereign Bonds. The SJC rejected the appeal filed by Sanchez’s defense against the lower court’s sentence.
The Justice Ministry alleges that Sanchez used part of the money in areas not authorized by the Law which created the Bonds.
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From: Dominican Republic
Allow me to be the first to enunciate what we all already know. THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING. The return of blackouts, the obvious corruption at all levels of government, the growth of the drug trade throughout the country ( and legalizing it would only cause every country in the world to turn their backs on us), the horrible education system, the lack of fair pay for doctors, the lack of transparency in everything ( although at times the dishonesty is so obvious that it IS transparent) the raping of our environment, the control shown by the unions (in other countries referred to as groups of thugs, not unions) in the Caribe Tours and Andegas situations and now the return of Hippo. Feel free to add to this list. Trust me, THE SKY IS FALLING.
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From: Canada
this man should be sentenced to a long incarceration and then be made to wear a clown suit for the rest of his life
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From: Dominican Republic
Fluck the jail. Where'$ the money????
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From: United States
can we get some new news for once? something noteworthy? like something about a Dominican government official who has not stolen everything that is not nailed down? is Miguel Cocco the only ostensibly honest official? these guys should be sent to some chain gang in Georgia to break rocks for the rest of their natural lives.enough, already, with all this stealing from the public.
