The Police says it has seized 36 forged passports from a 38-year old Colombian, Gorge Duvan Garcia Botero who is under arrest, accused of defrauding the state and individuals to the tune of millions of pesos. As reported in Diario Libre, he was arrested with 36 Dominican passports with several different identities of people who had reported the fraud to the Police. The alleged scammer charged RD$15,000 to RD$20,000 for using the city government of San Pedro de Macoris as a channel for requesting US visas. He acted as a city government employee.
Garcia Botero is also accused by Jose Cano Soriano, who is the father of Seattle Mariners ballplayer Robinson Cano. Cano senior accuses him of using his Yahoo account to ask for donations to the Fundacion Robinson Cano at local hotels. According to the Police, he succeeded in obtaining RD$700,000 from the Hotel Talanquera, US$4,000 from Barcelo, US$3,000 from the Ministry of Tourism, US$1,900 from the Hamaca and US$20,000 from George Nader.
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