The Solicitor-General of Montecristi District, Dr. Elbis Muñoz Sosa, ordered the imprisonment of Nicolás Villalona Marichal, alias "Sasote," for allegedly swindling more than twenty people in Montecristi province in providing false visas. Muñoz Sosa says "Sasote" gained more than RD$500,000 charging RD$60-70,000 a piece promising to deliver visas to Germany, Spain, Switzerland and the U.S. The false "consul" would give his victims falsified visas using the name of Sports Minister Juan Marichal or Oakland Athletic scout Santiago Marichal.
