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Santo Domingo.- The Public Ministry announced that it reached an agreement with the businessman Maxy Gerardo Montilla Sierra and several of his companies, within the framework of the Antipulpo operation, through which he acknowledges his criminal responsibility and undertakes to deliver to the Dominican State more than RD$3,000 million in compensation.
The agreement, judicially approved, establishes the seizure of RD$2,000 million in favor of the State and the payment of an indemnity of RD$600 million to the distribution companies EdeEste, EdeSur and EdeNorte, as compensation for the damages caused to those entities.
In addition, Maxy Montilla must dissolve more than ten companies linked to the irregularities detected within a maximum period of two years, including Transformadores Solomon Dominicana and Electrocable Aluconsa, which would have been used for the questioned contracts.
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Another commitment made by the businessman is to settle a tax debt of RD$431.8 million with the General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII), which reinforces the recovery of public resources linked to the case. The Specialized Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) described the agreement as a significant step in the fight against corruption and in the process of recovering assets that were stolen from the State through fraudulent maneuvers.
