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Dominican police accuse MLB investigator of fraud

The Columbian
Published: November 3, 2011, 5:00pm

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Police in the Dominican Republic say a Major League Baseball investigator has been charged with falsifying the identity of a prospect so the player could obtain a contract with a $135,000 signing bonus.

Authorities accused Kleiber Miguel Bruno Gonzalez on Thursday of accepting $25,000 and conspiring with a scout and an independent trainer to alter the player’s identity. Police did not identify the other people involved.

Police said in a statement that the U.S. Embassy helped with the investigation, which found that the player spent two years living with a woman who pretended to be his mother.

Bruno worked for an office MLB established in the Dominican Republic in 2002 to oversee possible fraud cases.

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