{"id":506447,"date":"2026-05-02T15:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mp-arrests-man-linked-to-alleged-real-estate-scam-in-punta-cana\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:06:16","slug":"mp-arrests-man-linked-to-alleged-real-estate-scam-in-punta-cana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mp-arrests-man-linked-to-alleged-real-estate-scam-in-punta-cana\/","title":{"rendered":"MP arrests man linked to alleged real estate scam in Punta Cana"},"content":{"rendered":"<em><strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>.<\/em>- The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pgr.gob.do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Ministry<\/a><\/strong> arrested <strong>Joan Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez Contreras<\/strong>, accused of being linked to an alleged real estate scam related to the project <strong>West Side Residences Punta Cana<\/strong>, of the construction company <strong>Paceo<\/strong>.\n\nThe arrest was carried out by the <strong>Fugitives, Rebels and Convicts Capture Unit<\/strong> (Ucaprec), headed by prosecutor <strong>Andry De Los Santos<\/strong>, in coordination with <strong>Interpol<\/strong>.\n\nThe arrest warrant was issued by Judge Rigoberto Sena Ferreras, of the Eighth Instruction Court of the National District.\n\nAccording to the investigation, the citizen <strong>Holger Ariosto Le\u00f3n Rivas<\/strong> filed a complaint in July 2024 against <strong>Grupo Paceo LLC<\/strong> and <strong>Gonz\u00e1lez Contreras<\/strong> for alleged violation of article <strong>405<\/strong> of the <strong>Dominican Penal Code<\/strong>, which punishes fraud.\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/ministerio-publico-solicita-5\/\">Public Ministry requests preventive detention against professor accused of sexual harassment of student<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nAccording to the record, the victim agreed to purchase a villa in the West Side Residences Punta Cana project for US$110,000, making several payments since October 2019 via bank transfers.\n\nThe Public Ministry indicated that, after initially receiving videos and proof related to the supposed project, communication was interrupted and it was later determined that the work did not exist.\n\nAuthorities reported that in the coming hours they will request a coercive measure against the accused before the Coordination of the Instruction Courts of the National District.\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- The Public Ministry arrested Joan Fernando Gonz\u00e1lez Contreras, accused of being linked to an alleged real estate scam related to the project West Side Residences Punta Cana, of the construction company Paceo. The arrest was carried out by the Fugitives, Rebels and Convicts Capture Unit (Ucaprec), headed by prosecutor Andry De Los Santos, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-506447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}