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08-26-2010, 04:30 PM
Herald Estevez Pena, Miguel Angel Lazala and Adalberto Rosa, employees of the Department of Customs in Santiago, have been released on RD$2 million bail each after a month in jail. The Customs Department had accused them of fraud worth more than RD$100 million at the Cibao regional customs offices. The Penal Chamber of Appeals in Santiago authorized their release on bail. Earlier they had been ordered to jail for eight months while their case was heard. The accused now need to report to the authorities on the 30th of each month and cannot leave the country.
As reported in Diario Libre, on 27 July the Department of Customs (DGA) sent the three men to justice accused of dispatching containers filled with items that had not been verified nor subject to customs controls.
Santiago prosecutor Yenny Berenice Reynoso said that tax evasion in the regional offices was estimated at RD$100 million. She said the group supposedly received an estimated RD$800,000-RD$900,000 a week for not checking the containers.
Diario Libre reports that the Santiago population has been following the case closely because of the social background of the accused. El Nacional described the three as sons of known directors of the ruling PLD party. Adalberto Rosa is the son of well-respected former director of the National Tobacco Institute (Intabaco) who is currently a legislator.
Adalberto de la Rosa Rosario was deputy tax collector in Santiago, Herald Estevez was in charge of the DGA warehouse for Now Logistic company and Miguel Angel de Jesus Lazala Cabrera was customs appraiser II for Customs (DGA) in Santiago.
Also arrested in connection with the case was Jose Ignacio Zapata, president of the Papo Shipping cargo company, from where goods were confiscated.
www.elnacional.com.do/nacional/2010/8/25/58515/Liberan-implicados-... (http://www.elnacional.com.do/nacional/2010/8/25/58515/Liberan-implicados-fraude-Aduanas-mediante-garantia-economica-RD-20)
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As reported in Diario Libre, on 27 July the Department of Customs (DGA) sent the three men to justice accused of dispatching containers filled with items that had not been verified nor subject to customs controls.
Santiago prosecutor Yenny Berenice Reynoso said that tax evasion in the regional offices was estimated at RD$100 million. She said the group supposedly received an estimated RD$800,000-RD$900,000 a week for not checking the containers.
Diario Libre reports that the Santiago population has been following the case closely because of the social background of the accused. El Nacional described the three as sons of known directors of the ruling PLD party. Adalberto Rosa is the son of well-respected former director of the National Tobacco Institute (Intabaco) who is currently a legislator.
Adalberto de la Rosa Rosario was deputy tax collector in Santiago, Herald Estevez was in charge of the DGA warehouse for Now Logistic company and Miguel Angel de Jesus Lazala Cabrera was customs appraiser II for Customs (DGA) in Santiago.
Also arrested in connection with the case was Jose Ignacio Zapata, president of the Papo Shipping cargo company, from where goods were confiscated.
www.elnacional.com.do/nacional/2010/8/25/58515/Liberan-implicados-... (http://www.elnacional.com.do/nacional/2010/8/25/58515/Liberan-implicados-fraude-Aduanas-mediante-garantia-economica-RD-20)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)