The court hearing the case of alleged fraud against purchasers of real estate in the Naco Golf & Country Club promoted by the Club Deportivo Naco was postponed after one of the key defendants failed to appear in court. Alejandro (Chito) Asmar, former president of the Club Naco, filed a motion claiming illness. This led to the case being postponed until 24 November 2017.
The court named a commission made up of representatives from the National Forensic Medicine Institute (Inacif), National District prosecutors, and a physician suggested by plaintiffs to evaluate and render a report to the court on the health of Asmar.
A large number of those purchasing property have sued the Club Deportivo Naco and members of its board during the periods 2006-2011. On 31 August 2017, Judge Vladimir Marx Rosario García of the 9th Court of the Penal Chamber of the National District had rejected the arguments presented by Alejandro Asmar, Antonio Alma, Omar Awad, Rafael Emilio Moscoso Silva, the Club Deportivo Naco and San Andrés Caribe Country Club and accepted the arguments and evidence presented by those suing. The accused had alleged they were not aware of the charges filed against them and at the time the judge postponed the start of the hearing of the evidence for 10 October.
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11 October 2017
