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04-14-2011, 05:50 PM
The Supreme Court of Justice has jailed the minister counselor of the Dominican Embassy in Haiti, Fernando Arturo Perez Matos. He was sentenced for fraud and use of forged documents during a previous post as consul in Italy.

Perez Matos was ordered to pay RD$1.9 million in compensation to Nolia Moya Mustafa, who was minister counselor at the Dominican Embassy in Italy, in charge of consular affairs with, for the value of the Mercedes Benz that he has kept, as well as a payment of RD$1.5 million for other damages caused.

The case against Perez Matos was presented by Moya Mustafa, who served as minister counselor at the Dominican Embassy in Italy. She claimed the government official forged a power of attorney that he himself had legalized that authorized him to retrieve a vehicle belonging to her from Customs.

He was tried at the Supreme Court of Justice because of his diplomatic status.

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