SANTO DOMINGO. -At the request of the Public Prosecutor's Office, a judge of the Second Court of Instruction of La Romana issued the first national sentence that accepts the early sale of assets, corresponding to the process followed against the electronic fraud and money laundering network dismantled with Operation Guepardo.
The assets were seized in the process against the company Novasco Real Estate SRL, represented by the ringleaders of the Loany network, Lismeiry Ortiz Nova, arrested in Colombia, as well as Yves Alexandre Giroux and Marisol Nova Nolasco, who are serving 18 months of preventive detention , as a coercive measure, for their connection to the case.
The prosecuting attorneys Claudio Cordero and Manuel Castro, from the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, and prosecutor Mayerling Rondón, from La Romana, made the request before Judge Vicky Chalas, who ordered the early sale of the assets.
The funds obtained from the sales are held in a state account for the purpose of compensating victims when a court orders a forfeiture. During the process, the assets will be recovered and presented to the court, and upon completion of the process, with a conviction, they will be forfeited to the victims.
The assets put up for sale in advance are from the properties where projects such as Romana Victoriana Residences would operate, in which mixers, cement, rods, machinery and office equipment, as well as air conditioners, among others, were placed to simulate the construction work of the complex.
The Public Prosecutor's Office indicated that the advance sale seeks to prevent perishable goods from being damaged or deteriorated, so they will be sold in accordance with article 69 of Law 60-23 for the Administration of Seized and Abandoned Goods in Criminal Processes and in Extinction of Ownership Trials, a legislation that creates the National Institute of Custody and Administration of Seized, Confiscated and Extinction of Ownership Goods (Incabide).
Ratification of pretrial detention
Last October, the 18 months of preventive detention imposed in February on the defendants Yves Alexandre Giroux, Marisol Nova Nolasco and Rocío del Alba Rodríguez de Moya were ratified, which they are serving in the correction and rehabilitation centers of San Pedro de Macorís, and in Najayo Mujeres, in the province of San Cristóbal.
As for Loany Ortiz , the main leader of the structure along with Yves Alexandre Giroux , it was reported that she is still detained in Bogotá, Colombia, facing the extradition process requested by the Dominican Public Prosecutor's Office and it is expected that she will be sent to the country as soon as possible, to answer for her actions.
New arrests
As the investigation continued, Loana Paola Guerrero Milián , who served as the accountant for Novasco Real Estate, SRL, and Javier Gustavo Ulloa Bueno, the company's lawyer, were arrested, along with the master brokers of the sham projects, Astrid Inmaculada Rydelis Bello and Samayra del Rosario Barreto . All four were ordered to serve one year of pretrial detention at the La Altagracia Women's Public Prison and the Anamuya Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR) in Higüey, in the same province.
The criminal organization was dedicated to promoting real estate projects , attracting buyers from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the United States, and Europe.
During the course of the investigation, it has been established that the members of the criminal organization received the sum of US$18,851,583.12.
, real estate has been seized , where high-end vehicles, electronic devices and relevant documentation were confiscated.
The Public Prosecutor's Office gave the case the legal classification of violation of articles 405, 265 and 266 of the Dominican Penal Code, 15 of Law 53-07 on High Technology Crimes and Offenses and Law 155-17, on Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism .
