SANTO DOMINGO. – In the formal accusation file of “Operation Chameleon”, the Public Prosecutor's Office establishes that José Ángel Gómez Canaán ( Jochi Gómez) allegedly used the company OML Inversiones, SRL as instruments to channel public funds diverted from the National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (INTRANT), through the purchase of real estate placed in the name of said entities.
On page 96 of the document, the Public Prosecutor's Office states: “With the diverted funds , Gómez Canaán and his circle proceeded to integrate the money into the formal economic circuit, acquiring luxury properties and real estate assets in the name of PagoRD and OML, with values that exceed the declared economic capacity of their owners.”
Among the properties identified by the Public Prosecutor's Office are:
Apartment A-08 of the Logroval XVI Condominium, located on José Amado Soler street corner Troncoso, Piantini sector, National District, with a value of DOP$ 116,428,600.00.
Property identified as a plot with an area of 142,676 square meters, located in Jarabacoa, La Vega, valued at DOP$ 48,562,754.72.
Plot, in Cap Cana , beach area, La Altagracia province, with a value of DOP$ 93,084,796.54.
The document explains that these properties were subsequently mortgaged in favor of Banco BDI as collateral for lines of credit totaling “US$1,500,000.00 and RD$120,000,000.00”, which the Public Prosecutor's Office describes as a strategy of asset integration “through indebtedness and simulation of financial solvency”.
In addition to the financed properties, the file details other properties acquired by Gómez Canaán, including:
Apartment A-12 of the Logroval XVI Condominium, also in Piantini, with an appraisal of DOP$ 74,015,240.00, acquired on September 29, 2021.
Villa 12 in Punta Cayuco, Punta Cana, with a value of DOP$ 149,565,691.42.
Transfers and expenses abroad
The Public Prosecutor's Office indicates that the accounts of OML Inversiones registered international transfers and payments abroad that are directly connected to the residences and personal activities of Gómez Canaán in Panama and Miami.
The identified concepts include: “Payment for design of apartment 4B Panama ”, “Reservation of apartment Panama”, “Complementary payment for apartment 4B Panama” and “Works of art PTY”.
Tax irregularities and underreporting of income
According to the file, the company is registered under the activity " Real Estate Operations and Foreign Investors ," which allows it to declare investments in real estate and investment transactions. It explains that this structure allegedly served as a cover for capital movements between companies within the group controlled by Gómez Canaán.
Furthermore, it is noted that when comparing the IR2 sworn statements with the bank transfers made by OML Inversiones, amounts exceeding one billion Dominican pesos and fifteen million US dollars , which demonstrates "a clear underreporting of income and the existence of ideological falsehood in the tax reports submitted to the General Directorate of Internal Taxes."
