SANTO DOMINGO- Judge Margarita Cristo, of the Permanent Attention Office of La Romana, imposed 18 months of preventive detention yesterday, Tuesday, on Marisol Nova Novasco, Rocío del Alba Rodríguez de Moya and Yves Alexandre Giroux, accused of alleged irregularities in real estate operations.
According to the ruling, Canadian Yves Alexandre Giroux Prisión will serve his sentence at the San Pedro Correction and Rehabilitation Center, while Marisol Nova Nolasco and Rocío del Alba Rodríguez de Moya were sent to the Najayo Women's Correction and Rehabilitation Center.
The Public Prosecutor's Office points to Giroux as the ringleader of the alleged network, who together with the accused would have formed a criminal network, whose amount would amount to more than US$ 18 million, which they would have received from more than 100 people who would have paid for the acquisition of fake properties.
The Public Prosecutor's Office reported that the number of victims in the case has increased to 175, and that other people who attended the hearing today without having filed a complaint could join the process later.
"Today the number of victims has increased to 175," prosecutor Claudio Cordero told Diario Libre, after the hearing on the coercive measure.
The accusation
The Public Prosecutor's Office indicates that those involved disseminated misleading information through social networks, using attractive images and descriptions to attract investors.
It was on February 7 of this year, when the La Romana Prosecutor's Office, together with the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, and with the technical and operational support of the National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD), through the Money Laundering and Terrorism Investigation Division (Dilatf), of the National Police, launched Operation Cheetah.
The Public Prosecutor's Office carried out 11 raids and two seizures of real estate in Santo Domingo East, the National District, La Romana and La Altagracia, related to the alleged criminal network.
The operation resulted in the seizure of properties, high-end vehicles, electronic devices, models, corporate documentation related to the alleged fraud, among other things.
