Judge Alejandro Vargas issued pre-trial restricting orders for nine of the 10 accused by the Drug Agency (DGII) of tax evasion fraud for more than 4 billion. The judge ordered three months home arrest to Ramón Rafael Tremols Payero, founder of the Grupo Tremols. He also is banned from leaving the country, must wear an electronic bracelet and post bail for RD$5 million.
Others who were sentenced to pre-trial custody are Eddy Samuel Tremols Payero and Doris Alexandra López Urbáez who were allowed to post bail for RD$1 million, but also are banned from leaving the country and must wear the electronic bracelet. Lesser bail was ordered for Hervys Rafael Tremols Payero, Daniel de Jesús Tremols Payero, Leonardo Antonio Tremols Payero, Eduardo de Jesús Tremols Cruz and Carmen Adela Tremols Cruz, allowed to post bail for RD$500,000, but who also cannot leave the country.
Judge Vargas only banned Rafael Tremols Acosta from leaving the country due to the later’s advanced age and frail health.
The DGII on 29 March 2018 had determined that the Tremols Group had committed tax fraud from 2010 to 2017. The business group includes Licores y Bebidas del País, Licores y Bebidas Dominicanas, Licores Roya and Dominican Hotel Register Company, companies that were investigated by the DGII when placing the tax fraud case. The charges are violation of articles 236, 237, 238, 239 and 246 of the Dominican Tax Code, articles 265, 266 and 405 of the Dominican Penal Code and art. 3 of the Money Laundering Law 72-02.
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Listin Diario
El Dia
4 February 2019
