Court upholds imprisonment of two women accused of electronic and real estate fraud

Santo Domingo,.– The Court of Appeals of the Judicial Department of San Pedro de Macorís confirmed the 18-month preventive detention imposed on Rocío del Alba Rodríguez de Moya and Marisol Nova Nolasco, identified as the main ringleaders of an electronic fraud network of an inmobiliario nature, the Public Ministry reported this Friday. After rejecting an appeal filed by the defendants, the court upheld in all its parts the decision issued by the Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of the Judicial District of La Romana, which on February 25th imposed the measure of deprivation of liberty.

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Yves Alexandre Giroux, the main ringleader of the network, is also in preventive detention for the case, according to the Public Ministry, which announced that at the hearing for the mandatory review of the coercion of the aforementioned defendant, on August 5, it will request the confirmation of the deprivation of liberty measure. According to the accusation, Giroux headed the structure along with Loany Ortiz, who is still detained in Bogotá, facing the extradition process required by the Dominican Public Ministry and is expected to be sent to the country as soon as possible, to answer for her actions. The group was dedicated to promoting real estate projects, attracting buyers from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the United States, and Europe, through the promotion of the company Re/Max. The defendants received more than 18 million dollars, always according to the prosecution.