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Santo Domingo.– Judge Fátima Veloz set for this Wednesday, at 9:00 in the morning, the hearing on the coercive measure against the administrators of the company Comercial Barra Payán, which operates the businesses Barra Payán and Panadería Payán, accused of an alleged fraud exceeding RD$39.7 million to the detriment of other partners of the entity.
The magistrate, assigned to the Permanent Attention Court of the National District, made the decision after the Second Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals rejected the recusal filed against her by the defense of one of the accused.
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The Public Ministry, represented by prosecutor Luz del Carmen Marte, coordinator of the Investigative Department of Crimes and Offenses against Property, requested the imposition of a financial guarantee of RD$1 million in cash, prohibition from leaving the country and periodic presentation for Marcos Antonio Frías García, Juan Ismael Frías García and Dagoberto Cabrera. The investigation, based on a forensic audit, establishes that the accused allegedly did not deposit all of the income generated from sales into the company's bank accounts. The expert report detected inconsistencies between the cashiers' manual records and the deposits made, mainly during the period between 2019 and 2022. According to the file, the total amount of money allegedly defrauded amounts to RD$39,784,661.18, directly affecting several partners, who are listed as plaintiffs in the process. The facts have been qualified by the accusing body as breach of trust, in accordance with Article 408 of the Dominican Penal Code.
