One of those implicated in the fraud committed at Banco Peravia, who reached an agreement with National District prosecutors, has admitted that the bank issued irregular checks to commit fraud, some signed by him, but it was not for themselves but for the executives of the bank.
Pausides Donato Morales, one of the court witnesses, where the case is being tried involving fraud of more than RD$1.4 billion, admitted that he recruited clients for the bank and was the beneficiary of a RD$4 million loan.
Under questioning by National District prosecutor, Rosalba Ramos Castillo, Donato Morales said that he began working for the bank in 2013, following an invitation by José Luis Santoro, one of the main owners.
In the six hearings held so far at the trial only 12 of the prosecution witnesses have been heard out of a total of 179.
According to lawyer Zacarías Payano, who is handling the defense of the accused Yesenia Serret, explained that of those witnesses who had appeared so far, they had all said that those responsible for the irregularities committed at Banco Peravia were José Luis Santoro and Gabriel Jiménez Aray.
Diario Libre reported that none of the 10 originally accused by prosecutors for the Banco Peravia fraud case are in jail.
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Diario Libre
3 October 2018
