Following the Odebrecht case, yesterday the Special Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) continued to incorporate documentary evidence of financial information about the companies of the accused Víctor Díaz Rúa. At the hearing, the Public Prosecutor’s Office incorporated through Jisselle Del Carmen Paulino Cáceres, witness number 11 for the prosecution, several documentary evidence against the accused Díaz Rúa, including alleged irregular financial movements made by him.
Among the evidence, the chartered accountant mentioned the financial report, dated May 30, 2018, made on the defendant’s bank products, such as the salary account of the Ministry of Public Works and the National Institute for Drinking Water and Sewerage (INAPA), where Díaz Rúa led both institutions of the state.
The Public Ministry assured that, with the incorporation of the financial reports of the Superintendency of Banks, it is trying to prove that Díaz Rúa’s companies were used in the money laundering circle created to mix illicit money, managing millions of money.
For his part, Díaz Rúa’s defense, led by lawyer Miguel Valerio, claims that what is incorporated in court are the campaign accounts of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), which the witness told last week were not taken. into consideration. account to prepare your client’s financial report.
As for the evidence that is incorporated, he claimed that he did not intend to object, as these were payroll accounts of the Ministry of Public Works and Inapa, which in his view were not accounts of Díaz Rúa.
“There, what the witness mentions is an expense of 1,500 pesos in the Pola supermarket, an expense of 2 thousand pesos in a restaurant, that is, what we see with these financial reports,” said Valerio.
The prosecution assures that it remains firm on the charge of bribery and the presentation of more than 1,700 pieces of evidence, including 28 witnesses, to prove that the defendants were illicitly enriched to the detriment of