SANTO DOMINGO. -The Public Prosecutor's Office reported that in a joint effort between that body, the Money Laundering and Terrorism Investigation Division (DILAT) of the National Police, and the Interpol Santo Domingo OCN Office, Loany Lismeiry Ortiz Nova was arrested in Colombia. This institution identifies her as the main leader of the structure involved in the Guepardo Case, which was dismantled on February 7.
The prosecuting body reported that after the information sent to the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, by the General Directorate of Migration of the Dominican Republic, that on November 13, 2024, while the investigation against Loany Lismeiry Ortiz Nova and the entire structure was being carried out, she had left for the City of Bogotá, in Colombia, efforts were initiated to locate her.
A press release from the Public Prosecutor's Office indicates that the accused traveled to Bogotá, Colombia, with a stopover in Panama, from where she was supposedly going to return to the country on November 19, 2024; however, in order to evade the criminal proceedings against her, she did not return to Dominican territory.
The agency explained that it immediately initiated contact with the Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB) in Santo Domingo to locate Ortiz Nova in the South American nation. It stated that it received constant support from the Interpol office in Bogotá, which allowed them to locate the accused, who was in hiding.
His arrest was carried out in the city of San José de Cúcuta, in northern Santander, according to press reports.
According to Claudio Cordero, the anti-money laundering prosecutor and investigator of the case, "in the next few hours, the Attorney General's Office will provide the file to Colombia so that the extradition of the Dominican national can begin and she can face charges of real estate fraud and money laundering, which affected hundreds of victims.".
On February 11, the La Romana Prosecutor's Office, together with the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, also carried out the arrest of the accused Yves Alexandre Giroux, who, likewise, fled on February 7, 2025, at the time of being raided, in an exclusive villa in Cocotal, in the tourist town of Punta Cana, in the municipality of Higüey, La Altagracia province.
The institution also recalled that Marisol Nova Nolasco and Rocío del Alba Rodríguez de Moya, also members of the structure, were brought to justice.
Giroux, Nova Nolasco and Rodríguez de Moya will have their coercive measures heard at the Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of La Romana on February 18.
