Dominican Republic details 34 lines of investigation against ex-Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez

Dominican prosecutors have unveiled a sweeping investigation into former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez, accusing him of orchestrating a criminal enterprise that systematically looted public assets. The Ministry Public asserts that 34 lines of inquiry will demonstrate the "systematic depredation of public assets, money laundering, and the instrumentalization of the Attorney General's Office" during Rodríguez's tenure from 2016 to 2020.

The scale of the alleged corruption is staggering, with the prosecution consolidating the case as one of the most extensive in the nation's history. Prosecutors claim that over 6 billion pesos were embezzled through a complex web of extortion, bribery, and even computer sabotage. The alleged scheme utilized the very institutions meant to uphold justice as tools for illicit enrichment and political advancement, with evidence suggesting the destruction of institutional archives to conceal illegal activities.

Among the specific allegations are the fraudulent use of the Procurement Committee to embezzle funds and manipulate processes, with dozens of committee minutes found to be falsified. A significant focus is also placed on a fraudulent food supply contract for correctional facilities, which allegedly benefited companies controlled by Rodríguez's brother-in-law, Rolando Rafael Sebelén, impacting over 27,000 inmates.

Further lines of investigation include the alleged falsification of documents to simulate non-existent meetings, systematic shredding of public purchase documents in the final months of Rodríguez's term, and a corrupt scheme involving the acquisition of unusable DNA testing equipment for the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif). The "Humanization Plan" for the penitentiary system is also under scrutiny for allegedly being used to collect millions in bribes and launder money through various contracting companies.

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Using institutionalism as an instrument, the network pursued two constant objectives: the accumulation of illicit wealth through the subtraction of public funds and the construction of a political career, going to the extreme of destroying institutional archives.