NewsWhore
08-19-2009, 01:41 PM
Villa Altagracia Mayor Pedro Peralta and treasurer Franklin Vargas are being accused of embezzling an estimated RD$108 million in public funds. The charges were brought by the Department for the Persecution of Administrative Corruption. The charges come after an audit by the Chamber of Accounts showed the politician "used RD$108,952,197.77 without the proper transparency, evading the controls established by law."
The charges indicate that millionaire sums of cash were given to people who didn't even work for the city hall office. One of the charges includes the purchase of a parcel of land for the price of RD$4,950,000 without the proper valuation of the land. The report indicates that this particular plot of land was overvalued by RD$2.8 million.
Charges indicate that Vargas issued 37 different checks for a total value of RD$3.13 million from the "Account of Investments Programming" fund. Of those 37 checks, seven were made in the name of the treasure's wife, and members of the city hall's offices.
An extra RD$6,331,990 were drafted to family members of city government employees.
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The charges indicate that millionaire sums of cash were given to people who didn't even work for the city hall office. One of the charges includes the purchase of a parcel of land for the price of RD$4,950,000 without the proper valuation of the land. The report indicates that this particular plot of land was overvalued by RD$2.8 million.
Charges indicate that Vargas issued 37 different checks for a total value of RD$3.13 million from the "Account of Investments Programming" fund. Of those 37 checks, seven were made in the name of the treasure's wife, and members of the city hall's offices.
An extra RD$6,331,990 were drafted to family members of city government employees.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)