State prosecutors deposited in court the first formal charges against seven implicated in a case of fraud and laundering of assets using virtual currency.
The indictment from the National District Attorney’s Office, represented by incumbent prosecutor Rosalba Ramos, and prosecutors Massiel María López, Elvira Rodríguez and Magalys Sánchez Guzmán, indicates that 111 victims were swindled for US$471,154.00 and RD$4,610,492.00. The prosecutors charge that the assets were later laundered through a financial pyramid scheme.
André Luis Feitosa Santos, Gabriel Eduardo Gómez Otero, Guarién Jesús Ariza Lluberes, Guarién Buenaventura Ariza García, Ronny Rafael Martínez Taveras, Aaron David Taveras Vélez and Bramna Elizabeth Leger Burgos are charged with these criminal acts. According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, from 2014 onwards, they were structuring a criminal organization that, through the use of misleading advertising and the use of electronics and telecommunications media, managed to attract victims.
The fraudulent business scheme created by the defendants was promoted to the public as a business opportunity to make money by trading in virtual currencies.
The investigations carried out by the Public Prosecutor’s Office revealed that the assets were laundered through the pyramid companies IfreeX, Wishclub, i7Group, Royals Club Live, Alive Club, Tradingwaves Fusion, Bit Trader Banking, and finally My Trader Coin and Money Free, through the digital portals:
https://mytradercoin.com and
https://office.moneytfreeworld.club
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El DiaZ101
3 October 2019
