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SANTO DOMINGO.- A National District Court found three defendants guilty of defrauding taxpayers out of more than RD$52.0 million through canceled Blackouts Reduction Program (PRA), for which its then director Marcos Lara Lorenzo will spend four years in prison.

3rd Collegiate Court judges Alina Mora de Marmol, Natividad Ramona Santos and Rafael Pacheco also levied a RD$1.0 million fine against Lara, and also sentenced ex PRA officials Sauris Rodriguez and Juan Portalatín, to two and three years in prison and fined RD$1.0 million and RD$500,000 respectively.

The three will serve their sentence at Najayo prison, while Nicolas Núñez Conception was found not guilty on lack of evidence in the case prosecuted by Francisco García Rosa and Narciso Escaño, of the Justice Ministry’s Anticorruption Department.

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Written by: cad2260, 14 May 2012 3:21 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Bronxs NY
and the rest of the money where it. do four years in jail and keep$ 50 million. make them payback all that money back.but then again some else will steal it.
Written by: ohhhvictor, 14 May 2012 3:45 PM
From: United States
The biggest corruption is when you are in the power and you dont build anything..Only steal


Somebody better put the bold guy in jail!

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Nothing will stop the progress..
PLD 2012-3000
Written by: stillhere, 14 May 2012 3:54 PM
From: Dominican Republic

What a joke..
fine them 1mil and keep 50....
Impound all their families cars , homes and anything the own to get the money back...
Written by: BASTA, 14 May 2012 6:10 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs/Free abortions for all
PLD 2012-3000= Phssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

stillhere= ****
Written by: airgordo, 15 May 2012 12:15 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: ohhhvictor, 14 May 2012 3:45 PM
From: United States
The biggest corruption is when you are in the power and you dont build anything..Only steal


Somebody better put the bold guy in jail!

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Nothing will stop the progress..
PLD 2012-3000
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DO YOU know WHO uncovered this individual and his wrong Doing??? NURIA PIERA...this is just ofr general culture
Written by: gmiller261, 15 May 2012 8:44 AM
From: United States

Is a joke. "4 years"

They are probably going to clubs with their jailers.

Pathetic.

Written by: okian, 15 May 2012 1:47 PM
From: United States
The saddest part of it all is that ALL of us see, and expect, this behavior on a daily basis from Dominican Government officials. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Written by: josean, 15 May 2012 9:12 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


A little more information:

Marcos Lara sentenced in electricity fraud case

A Santo Domingo criminal court has sentenced former director of the fraud division PRA at the Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE), Marcos Lara Lorenzo for misappropriation of a proven RD$52 million. He was sentenced to four years in prison and a penalty of RD$1 million. The case was denounced on TV by journalist Nuria Piera in April 2009. After the TV show aired, Lara was accused by his boss Radhames Segura who was not investigated in the case. Lara's subordinates Sauris Rodriguez, who was the administrative director of the PRA at the time, and Juan Portalatin Castillo, former procurement director, were sentenced to two years in prison and fines of RD$500,000.

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Written by: josean, 15 May 2012 9:13 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


When asked about the outcome of the case, Nuria Piera told Huchi Lora on his afternoon talk show that the two subordinates were the objects of a reprisal by Segura who was not able to determine who leaked the evidence to the TV journalist. She pointed out the irregularity involved, in that the subordinates were accused, but the head of the entire operation was not investigated.

She said it was Segura himself who had accused Lara, with the intention of diverting attention from himself. At the time Segura was seeking nomination as PLD presidential candidate. The matter led, nevertheless, to a subsequent Segura's removal from the post with the escalating of complaints of corruption at the CDEEE.


DR1

Eat that Ms. Vickey!

Written by: ohhhvictor, 15 May 2012 9:15 PM
From: United States
when you get a REAL journalist, you let me know..
Written by: josean, 15 May 2012 9:19 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016




You wouldn't know the diffrence with that PURPLE BRAINWASHING you have!


Written by: airgordo, 16 May 2012 1:14 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: ohhhvictor, 15 May 2012 9:15 PM
From: United States
when you get a REAL journalist, you let me know..
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I sitting here WAITING on you to write on this place a NAME of a real Journalist according to you...GO AHEAD i'm waiting
Written by: ohhhvictor, 16 May 2012 1:17 AM
From: United States
airgordo..This is real! no speculation:

NAMES YOU SHOULD REMEMBER

What about Quirino? 1,387 kilos of cocaine

La reyna del extasis? (released by hipolito ,15,000 pills of extasis)

Martin Abreu Pimentel.. bodyguard of Hipolito and a killed narco in Plaza castilla

Johny Morales (Plan Renove) RD1,800 millones

Vladimir Garcia ( partner of Quirino)

Pepe Goico ( 400 millions fraud )

Mazourka ( Loteria fraud, jailed in najayo and escaped with his watcher from Clinica Abreu)

Silvio carrasco (The infamous Director of Indri)

Radhames Garcia Ramos ( The chinese embassador) who confess his crimes to a judge

Andres Carraman ( Subsecretary of medio ambiente and builder of Hipolito country houses)

Ramon baez Figueroa and baninter US2.2 BILLIONS ( Racketeering charges in Miami)?

Luis Alvarez Renta?

The PricewaterhouseCoopers scam?

The list goes on and on..


Acording Tonti Rutinel, the personal friend of Hipolito " Hipolito hundio el pais"




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Written by: ohhhvictor, 16 May 2012 1:18 AM
From: United States
Continue..
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Jose LUis Aleman , a famous economist and a friend of Hipolito he said once:

"El gobierno de Hipolito ha sido una defraudacion total"

Tito hernandez: "Donde estan los hombres? " And open fire inside the camara de diputados en plena session..

In my particular case, when the U$1,100 milions disapear of bonos soberanos with Andy Dauhajre , and they asked Hipolito what happens, and he answer:
"I Know what happens to those U$1,100 M, but I dont tell you because I dont take presure.."

That was the best.. My favorite.In other words he admited he was deeply involved,
U$1100 millones desaparecidos!

A famous quote ...
"No se puede ser cabeza de Estado cuando no se tiene cabeza.."

Don Quixote de la mancha..Miguel De Cervantes


Don’t let that happens AGAIN
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PLD 2012-3000
Written by: airgordo, 16 May 2012 1:34 AM
From: Dominican Republic
that is nothing but cheap political BULLSH!T, i could provide you with HUNDREDS of names including those of PARDONED thieves under PLD goverment like the infamous Vivian Lubrano castillo that should be rotting herself on Jail but she NEVER served a single day to pay the biggest act of corruption on Dominican History or ALL THE GUYS from the Plan renove which were Jailed along with that Morales that you mention on PLAN RENOVE those were ALSO pardoned by This clown from the party that you support, SO cut that crap with me...THERE IS NOTHING, read well, NOTHING, that you can write here about PRD that i can't give you a response from PLD people because both are the same SH!T on different container

I asked VERY CLEARLY for you to provide NAMES of real Journalist according to you...let's see what you got
Written by: josean, 16 May 2012 1:34 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016



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