SANTO DOMINGO- María Altagracia de los Ángeles Peña, strategic communication advisor to the Executive Branch, was brought to justice for alleged embezzlement through a simulated contract for a property in Casa de Campo, which she held as collateral for a debt of 400 thousand dollars.
The lawsuit was filed by lawyer Jorge Lora Castillo, representing the company Inversiones CIAAR, before the jurisdiction of Tierra de San Pedro de Macorís.
According to the plaintiffs, Peña acquired a property in La Romana for $800,000, of which he paid $400,000 and still owed $400,000, so he left the property as collateral and simulated a sale 29 days later to transfer the property to another company.
In a press conference at the Palace of Justice in Ciudad Nueva, they detailed that it is a portion of land of 3,081.33 square meters within the scope of the property identified with the number 501306712693, covered by the title certificate, number 2100030643 and its improvements consisting of a block house, roofed with concrete and tiles of two levels, located in the Casa de Campo tourist complex, La Romana.
For the events described, Peña is being sued for US$2 million 440 thousand for “selling” a property to the offshore company, Palm Beach Worldwide, according to the plaintiffs.
They said that Peña will have to answer in court to a lawsuit about rights registered in the Original Jurisdiction of the Judicial District of San Pedro de Macorís.
The defendant was appointed through article 3 of decree 684-21, as advisor to the Executive Branch for the Directorate of Strategy and Government Communication in 2021.
