NewsWhore
09-27-2006, 06:40 PM
The recent furor caused by the discovery of the allegedly forged signature of one of the magistrates involved in the Plan Renove fraud case on a letter purporting to express willingness to accept a bribe was further heightened yesterday as Pedro Franco Badia, one of the accused, explained at a press conference how he came to receive the letter. Diario Libre calls the letter "a forgery that offers the judge RD$5.5 million in exchange for a favorable verdict in the Renove case." Franco Badia said that the letter was given to him by a person known only as "Arturo", who supposedly has some influence in the judicial department. Franco Badia and his lawyers assured reporters that as soon as they read the letter, they handed it over to the magistrate involved in the case, Jose Uribe Efres because they believed he would have nothing to do with such a bribe. The Attorney General is looking into the case.
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