So apparently he had a whole criminal enterprise going:
For several weeks now, the General Directorate of Persecution of the Public Ministry, the National District Prosecutor's Office and the Special Unit of the Joint Task Force have deployed dozens of investigative proceedings against the members of the organization that defrauded at least 144 people.
SANTO DOMINGO (Dominican Republic).- The Public Ministry arrested, in coordination with a team from the National Police, Emmanuel Rivera Ledesma and other members of a network that swindled millions of pesos from people to whom they offered homes in alleged real estate projects. , through multiple fraudulent maneuvers.
In the deployment of Operation Nest, which began early this Wednesday morning and is still in progress, the Public Ministry and the National Police carried out twenty-five (25) raids in San Cristóbal, Dajabón, Espaillat, Sánchez Ramírez and the National District.
A total of 170 police officers and 28 prosecutors proceeded to execute search and arrest orders against the objectives of the investigation, while seizing evidence linked to the case.
The investigation has shown that at least 144 victims have filed complaints or complaints with the Public Ministry. The majority of those affected are hard-working people who, with sacrifices, contributed significant amounts of money to acquire a home that they never received.
Furthermore, when several of them complained, they were threatened and intimidated by the leader of the network, Emmanuel Rivera Ledesma, who challenged them to go to court, an instance in which, according to what he proclaimed, the victims would leave without achieving anything.
The criminal network used the corporate vehicles Indisarq, SRL, CRD Equipos Pesados, SRL, the Wimar Group, SRL and Auto Xperts AFM SRL, through which they created a fraudulent real estate scheme for the execution of scams, forgery, association of criminals and money laundering to the detriment of the victims to whom they offered homes through seven real estate projects.
During the investigation, evidence was found that shows that the accused Emmanuel Rivera Ledesma used the names of well-known people to make the victims believe that he was protected by personalities whom he did not even really know. Likewise, evidence was collected of the ostentatious life that several members of the network led with the money obtained from the victims.
As a result of the investigation, the accused Emmanuel Rivera Ledesma began a series of maneuvers with the objective of preventing the victims from filing complaints against him or withdrawing the complaints already filed.
He also sought to get the victims to sign new contracts and take other actions aimed at obstructing the investigation process, which shows that the accused and other members of the network must comply with a coercive measure that prevents them from destroying evidence and being a clear threat to the scammed people.
In the next few hours, the Public Ministry will proceed to request coercive measures against the members of the network who have been arrested.
