Defense lawyer Candido Simón was able to convince a judge to vary the pretrial measures against his defendant Elizabeth Silverio, accused of posing as a neuroscientist.
Judge Raymundo Mejía of the First Investigative Court of the National District, ordered that Elizabeth Silverio’s electronic locator be removed and expanded the limits of his defendant’s movement.
Silverio is investigated for fraud and violation of the General Public Health Law.
The judge also accepted a longer period for the Public Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the allegations that Silverio usurped medical functions at her center, the Kogland Neurocognitive and Psychopedagogical Therapy Center.
Elizabeth Silverio is charged with usurpation of functions in the area of health, in violation of the General Health Law 42-01, article 405 of the Dominican Penal Code and article 62 of the General Education Law No. 66-97.
The irregularities in her credentials were known after investigative journalist Nuria Piera presented evidence of fake accreditations and permissions to work. These then gave rise to an investigation by the Ministry of Public Health and the shutdown of her private center that mainly serviced children with autism.
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El Caribe
DR1 News
6 March 2024