The National Police confirmed it is about to present to justice the case of a mafia that obtained visas that involved the Dominican Olympic Committee. Hoy newspaper reported that the mafia issued false letters of invitation to sports events from supposed sports institutions in Puerto Rico and the United States that were presented to the U.S. Consulate with the fraudulent endorsement of the Dominican Olympic Committee. The scheme was uncovered when a U.S. consul asked a supposed volleyball team player a technical question that the team player answered incorrectly. The group was requesting visas to attend the inexistent Women’s Volleyball Cup of the Caribbean that would be held 11-12 April in Michigan. Hoy newspaper says that a prominent politician from the interior of the country is involved in the fraud. The mafia had been successfully securing visas since early last year.
