Famous water amusement park charged with electricity theft

SANTO DOMINGO. – The Office of the Electricity System Prosecutor (PGASE) on Tuesday announced fraud and breach of contract charges against the owners of Santiago’s water amusement park Kaskada.

PGASE director Moisés Ferrer said amusement center manager Jose Rafael Acevedo was charged on two counts of stealing nearly RD$4.0 million in electricity from the distribution company EDENORTE.

He said Kaskada was caught bypassing the electricity meters on three occasions.