Angel Lockward coupons case sent to trial

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Judge Jose Alejandro Vargas has ordered the case against former Minister of Industry and Commerce, Angel Lockward to be sent to criminal court. Lockward is accused of irregularities in the handling of propane gas coupons when he was at the helm of the government department. He and 34 others are being held responsible for RD$200 million in mismanaged funds. Judge Vargas determined that fraud against the state had taken place in the sale of propane gas, in which propane gas dealerships were charging as if the gas sold had been subsidized, as reported in El Caribe and Diario Libre. A decision on the case had been pending since it was sent to justice on 7 March on charges of breach of trust, corruption, embezzlement, conspiracy and extortion.

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