Heidy Solano Ceballos is now behind bars after the authorities finally caught up with her after several months of investigations. She is accused of hoodwinking more than 200 parishioners who “in good faith” paid for hotel reservations that were never made. The police moved on this case after some 34 complaints were filed in West Santo Domingo. Her scheme was to pose as a tour operator who visited different parishes in Santo Domingo and West Santo Domingo to offer her services for reservations needed for family retreats or group outings.
One of the major cases deals with the complaints were those filed by priests Andres Solano and Ramon Antonio Araujo of the San Francisco and Lord’s Resurrection parishes in Las Palmas and Buenos Aires in Herrera. The priests and some 200 parishioners were bilked by Solano Ceballos and her Destinos Travel agency. According to the priests, she was contacted to reserve 75 rooms in Punta Cana for a family retreat and they paid RD$616,000. Solano Ceballos then disappeared.
The authorities are preparing the case for trial, but they are unsure whether it will be in the National District or in West Santo Domingo judicial district.
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Diario Libre
20 May 2019