The prosecutor for the Southern District of the State of New York, located in Manhattan, revealed that Quirino Paulino Castillo and the criminal organization that he led, transferred their earnings to bank accounts in the Dominican Republic. David N. Kelly’s statements are included in the indictment placed before the judge on 22 February. The Listin Diario obtained a copy of the indictment. Kelly said that Paulino Castillo used electronic transfers to return earnings to the Dominican Republic. The indictment also accuses Paulino Castillo of using Haiti as part of the trans-shipment network that placed drugs in Puerto Rico and later the United States mainland.
The fact that Quirino used money remittances and electronic bank transfers opens a new avenue of investigation concerning money laundering.