dominicantoday - 3 days ago

Santo Domingo.- The Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (PEPCA) revealed that the Operation Chameleon investigation centers on alleged irregularities in a RD$1.3 billion contract for the modernization of Santo Domingo’s traffic light system, awarded by INTRANT (National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation). According to prosecutors, the tender INTRANT-CCC-LPN-2022-0003 was manipulated from its inception to benefit Transcore Latam SRL, a company allegedly controlled by José Ángel Gómez Canaán (Jochi Gómez) through a network of shell companies. The indictment claims the tender process was tailor-made for Transcore Latam, featuring inflated costs—1,053% higher than the project’s real value—and technical requirements that excluded competitors. Prosecutors say that although the company was created in 2021 with just RD$100,000 in capital and no experience in traffic systems, it was awarded INTRANT’s [ ]

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