Accused released in Customs case
piątek, sierpień 27th, 2010Herald 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 [...]
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