Dominican Republic Audit Finds US$1.8 Million Fuel Gap at State Bus Operator OMSA
An OMSA audit by the Dominican Republic's Comptroller General flags a US$1.8 million fuel gap, unbooked income and undocumented per diems at the bus firm. The post Dominican Republic Audit Finds US$1.8 Million Fuel Gap at State Bus Operator OMSA appeared first on The Rio Times .
The Dominican Republic’s Comptroller General has flagged accounting gaps running into hundreds of millions of pesos at OMSA, the state-run bus operator. The OMSA audit, published on Friday 2 October, covers 16 August 2020 to 30 June 2024.
The best-attested figure is a RD$107.9 million (about US$1.8 million) gap in the fuel balance at the Las Caobas depot. Diario Libre and N Digital both reported it, and conversions here use RD$59.59 per US dollar (2 October close).
The Comptroller General (Contraloría General de la República) is the government’s internal auditor. Diario Libre, quoting its report, said inventory movements differed from the ledgers by RD$204.9 million (about US$3.4 million).
At Las Caobas, spare parts were also off by RD$2.7 million on top of the fuel gap. Fuel dispatches were logged by hand, and the person measuring tank levels also handed the fuel out.
Both outlets cite RD$55.3 million (about US$928,000) in transport sold to three ministries in early 2024 but never booked as income. A further RD$96 million (about US$1.6 million) in supplier debts was overdue at the end of June 2024.
Auditors also found RD$43.7 million (about US$733,000) booked as legal representation costs, although the money paid for generator rental and mechanical services.
The books still carried RD$45.8 million (about US$769,000) for construction on buildings already demolished. Of nine plots OMSA occupies, only one was registered with the tax authority, Diario Libre reported.
The OMSA audit found RD$47.5 million (about US$797,000) in per diems, paid from September 2020 to June 2024, lacking result reports. Severance payments showed a calculated distortion of RD$126.8 million (about US$2.1 million).
In a physical check of 338 employees, 45 could not be located, Diario Libre reported. Fifteen staff also drew state pensions, and 15 more appeared on other public payrolls.
N Digital, citing the report, said ten contracts from a sample of 37 tenders went to firms run by serving military personnel. Diario Libre did not report this point, so it rests on one outlet’s reading.
In its reply to the auditors, OMSA said most observations were “in the process of being corrected”, according to Diario Libre. It committed to fixing its accounts, regularising property and vehicle titles, and moving payroll onto the state personnel system.
The audit period falls within the tenure of Radhamés González, who led OMSA from August 2020 to August 2025, Diario Libre noted. No public comment from him had been reported by Sunday evening.
The OMSA report was among audits released after President Luis Abinader ordered their publication. He acted after Diario Libre revealed that hundreds of audit reports had been kept out of public view.
The same release showed the migration agency could not find 150 vehicles, as covered in Dominican Migration Audit Cannot Find 150 Vehicles . Publishing the reports gives voters and lawmakers material they previously lacked.
It is unclear whether the Public Ministry, the national prosecution service, will review the OMSA audit. Audit observations are administrative and do not establish that anyone broke the law.
The figures come from detailed accounts by two outlets, since the full report could not be retrieved directly on Sunday. It is also unknown how far OMSA’s promised corrections have advanced since mid-2024.
Sources: Contraloría General de la República audit of OMSA (16 August 2020 to 30 June 2024), published 2 October 2026, as reported by Diario Libre (3 October 2026) and N Digital (4 October 2026); Remolacha (4 October 2026).
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