Santiago, Dominican Republic. – The Santiago Permanent Attention Judicial Office imposed economic guarantees on three defendants of fraud and declared the process that the prosecution of this judicial province brought against a network that used electronic means to steal watches, cellphones, and other objects to be of complex proceedings.
Judge Wendy Tavarez established the coercive measures against Franklin Gonzalez Rosario, who must pay 700,000 pesos as an economic guarantee; Gian Franco Galan, who must pay 400,000 pesos, and Ronny Andres Jorge Rodriguez, 400,000 pesos, through an insurance company.
The judge validated the prosecution’s request to declare the case complex, due to the plurality of victims defrauded by the defendants.
The Santiago prosecution, through its Electronic Crimes Unit, led the investigation in which the National Police’s Crimes and High Technology Offenses (DICAT) also participated, proceedings that allowed to identify the way in which the fraudsters located and captured their victims.
The prosecution attributes to them forming an association of wrongdoers to commit fraud, identity theft, and forgery, making use of electronic means to the detriment of six people.
The requested document explains that the fraud network stole cell phones, smart watches, and other electronic equipment, after receiving them from their victims, by simulating that they had paid the agreed amount through a bank transaction.
In the investigation, the electronic crime specialists of the prosecution obtained, always with the support of DICAT officers, evidence of a repeated pattern in the modus operandi of the fraudsters.
The actions attributed to the defendants constitute violations of articles 265 and 266 of the Dominican Penal Code and articles 15, 17, and 18 of Law 53-07, on Crimes and High Technology Offenses.
