Lawyer obtains US residency and abandons consumer; listening to canceled – El Nuevo Diario Newspaper (Dominican Republic)

EL NUEVO DIARIO, SANTO DOMINGO.- A lawyer within the identify Operation Antipulpo has deserted his consumer after acquiring residency in the USA.

The outfit Orlando Vegaso, the defender of the accused Antonio Florentino, didn’t seem this Monday on the listening to ready for at present, leaving his consumer with out authorized help.

On this context, the courtroom suggested all of the accused to rent a second lawyer, in order to not delay the authorized course of that takes a- right into a rip-off of virtually 5 billion pesos to the Dominican State when a scenario like this occurs once more.

Judges of the Second Collegiate Court docket of the Nationwide District, Claribel Nivar Arias, Yissel Soto and Clara Sobeida Castillo, who’re conscious of this alleged corrupt community, gave Florentino a interval of 72 hours to rent the providers of one of many legal professionals. within the case, warning him that he would separate the case in one other method in order that he wouldn’t delay this case.

The trial was adjourned till August 5 at 9:00 within the morning, with the continuation of the present director of the Patrimonial Fund of Reformed Firms (Fonper), José Euripides Florentino Rodríguez, as a witness for the Public Ministry.

On this alleged community, 27 people and 21 firms are accused, going through prices of corruption and cash laundering.

Along with the brothers of the previous president Danilo Medina, Alexis and Magalys Medina, the previous president Fernando Rosa, former head of the Workplace of Engineers of State Works (Oisoe), Francisco Pagan, Lorenzo Wilfredo (Freddy ) Hidalgo Núñez, the alleged former Minister of Public Well being, amongst others.

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