Tag Archives: The Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic – Prosecutors ask for twelve year jail term for ex lottery head
Luis Dicent, former head of the National Lottery, has presented his final statements before the Second Collegiate Court of the National District in the administrative corruption trial called “Operation 13” in which he is the main defendant. During his speech, which lasted for more than an hour, Dicent argued that while he had held the position of…
The Dominican Republic – Lottery fraud investigation deepens in Dominican
The preventive detention of William Rosario Ortiz the ex president of The National Federation of Lottery Betting Parlours (FENEBANCA) has been upheld by an appeals court. Rosario Ortiz is the only defendant who appealed out of ten defendants who have been indicted as part of a lottery corruption case dubbed ‘Operation 13.’ Ortiz alongside his…
