Juan Dolio - South Beach of the Caribbean !!!

frank recktenwald

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Poor Asilis, doesn't have the pull anymore he used to have.
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dv8

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the new law regarding lavado de activos is a very wide net meant to identify/track/capture those with income from undeclared sources.

so now imagine this situation:
pedro has a business but he is not paying due taxes, he's not paying correctly his employees, he is mismanaging company money. so he has a lot of extra money. if DGII cannot grab his ass on the money owned they may ask PGR to give them a hand. if they can prove that pedro has additional assets without being able to explain their provenance then he is in a deep poo. he can either face the charges for lavado de activos - longer jail sentence and confiscation of properties/money - or he can swallow the jagged pill and admit not paying taxes. he'd still have to pay back the money but may end up losing less.

of course it's all hypothetical.

what this arrest means for metro country club and juan dolio remains to be seen. i don't know, is the place owned by the metro group or just managed by them with the land and houses deslined in the names of individual owners?
 
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dv8 said:
the new law regarding lavado de activos is a very wide net meant to identify/track/capture those with income from undeclared sources.

so now imagine this situation:
pedro has a business but he is not paying due taxes, he's not paying correctly his employees, he is mismanaging company money. so he has a lot of extra money. if DGII cannot grab his ass on the money owned they may ask PGR to give them a hand. if they can prove that pedro has additional assets without being able to explain their provenance then he is in a deep poo. he can either face the charges for lavado de activos - longer jail sentence and confiscation of properties/money - or he can swallow the jagged pill and admit not paying taxes. he'd still have to pay back the money but may end up losing less.

of course it's all hypothetical.

what this arrest means for metro country club and juan dolio remains to be seen. i don't know, is the place owned by the metro group or just managed by them with the land and houses deslined in the names of individual owners?
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My history with the group ended 10 years ago but the club and hotel (as well as 4 or 5 condo buildings on the beach in Juan Dolio) were owned by Metro Group but the houses on the country club were deslined in the names of the individual owners.
 
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Juan Dolio is a curiosity. I am here now and have made the following observations. The new building across from the Marbella is progressing. Down west further the building next to the Hemingway work has stalled. The old Momas bar on the corner is being repaired. I believe an attempt to attract a renter to reopen bar. Work continues in the old Barcelo Capella. Still further west the Emotions looks strong and is getting larger. As you continue down the marginal road along the water to its first end. A large project is underway. Excavated and landscaped that appears to be a hot spot of construction activity on both sides of the street. I also have observed the two little pharmacy s in new Juan Dolio have left. That is unfortunate as now the only one close is the Coral along JD Blvd.
I have heard nothing about Metro problems but I will ask.

JB
 
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I would venture that this matter resides in the realm of political venganzas. There is a history in the DR of using hard arm tactics against private sector companies to derive other results- perhaps not directly related to what appears to be the issue. The possibility exists that this matter derives its severity from an unrelated business venture, where the DR is subject to offshore lawsuits in violation of affiliated corporate endeavors. My view is that the owner of Metro Bus etc. is caught in this matter- which in reality rests on the ledger of a foreign Jamaican group investor. Perhaps.
 
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Matilda

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This is an interesting situation and, as often happens here, the background and reasons for the arrest are as clear as mud.

Is it to do with his tax bill? He supposedly came to an agreement with the DGII to pay RD$54 million having had the outstanding bill reduced by RD$170 million.

Is it to do with his association with Lee Chin, Jamaican billionaire and owner/ex owner of Lajun garbage dump who is suing the DR State for US$300 million? More info here": https://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/ciudad/lajun-enfrentada-con-alcaldes-en-tribunales-KE8152491

If you watch the twitter feeds you can see that:

1. He is still on the 4th floor of the Palace of Justice
2. No charges have yet been brought
3. The DGII say an agreement was reached and have asked for the charges to be dropped ( not sure how that deals with the money laundering)
4. He was spotted having lunch in Santo Domingo so not under arrest
5. He is at home so not under arrest

As I said, clear as mud.

Matilda
 
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things are getting complicated for asilis and his company with new accusations surfacing. they allege fraud in regards to a real estate project of metro in juan dolio:
https://www.elcaribe.com.do/2018/08/23/destacado/presentan-nueva-acusacion-contra-empresario-asilis/

it's about the project costa blanca in juan dolio. is anyone familiar with this development?
there was a thread about it on dr1 10 years ago:
https://dr1.com/forums/showthread.php/70838-Costa-Blanca-in-Juan-Dolio
and even an article about it in NY times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/greathomesanddestinations/05break1.html
 
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Matilda

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01-15-2008, 09:37 PM #2
Matilda

"Can't believe it will be anything like Cap Cana. At the moment it is jungle between Juan Dolio and San Pedro. The coast line is completely rocky - no sandy beaches at all. At the rate they are building in Juan Dolio it will be years. Don't hold your breath."

I see Matilda spoke the truth back then. Have a feeling lots more disgruntled investors will be joining the queue.

Matilda - again
 
frank recktenwald

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dv8 said:
things are getting complicated for asilis and his company with new accusations surfacing. they allege fraud in regards to a real estate project of metro in juan dolio:
https://www.elcaribe.com.do/2018/08/23/destacado/presentan-nueva-acusacion-contra-empresario-asilis/

it's about the project costa blanca in juan dolio. is anyone familiar with this development?
there was a thread about it on dr1 10 years ago:
https://dr1.com/forums/showthread.php/70838-Costa-Blanca-in-Juan-Dolio
and even an article about it in NY times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/greathomesanddestinations/05break1.html
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Being employed by Metro at that time I was also a bit involved in that project where Greg Norman was gonna do the golfcourse and Chris Evert was in charge of the tennis center.
I was the one who handed out 54 Rolex watches to the founders of Costa Blanca during the inauguration as a gift from Metro.
Then the crisis hit and it was all abandoned from what I know.
From what I heard Assilis tried to get Russians involved who were building the Mariposa building on the way from JD to SPDM but that didn't turn out well apparently.
 
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