Dozens of affected people protested this Thursday in front of the headquarters of the Herrera Savings and Credit Cooperative (Coop-Herrera), due to the alleged fraud of more than 2,500 million pesos.
With banners that said “We want a solution” and “Give our money back,” they expressed their indignation and frustration at the lack of response from the institution.
The protesters, many of them with years of membership in the cooperative, have expressed their concern about the uncertainty about the fate of their savings, funds that represent their years of effort and sacrifice.
“This is an injustice. We have worked all our lives and trusted this cooperative to keep our money, but now we don’t know what is going to happen,” said one of the protesters, who asked the authorities to intervene and ensure that those affected recover their savings.
They ask that do justice and your money will be returned.
It is recalled that a court imposed 18 months of preventive detention on four of the seven directors of the Herrera Savings and Credit Cooperative (Coop-Herrera)arrested on October 4 in the Operation Owlfor its alleged connection to a fraud of RD$ 2,500 million.
The defendants Jorge Eligio Méndez, Gabriel Santana Borsilea, Julio César Minaya and Jacer Mejía Pereyra must comply with the measure at the Najayo Hombres Correction and Rehabilitation Center, in San Cristóbal.
While at Kenya by Carmen Liriano Pérez He was placed under house arrest, with a guarantee of 3 million pesos and prevented from leaving the country.
To the accused Ana Cecilia Tejada Santos The judge imposed periodic presentation, an exit impediment and a guarantee of RD$ 3 million, the same as Simona Borsilea, except that she will pay only one million pesos as guarantee.
Judge Máximo Saint Hilaire, of the Office of Judicial Permanent Attention Services of Santo Domingo Oeste, also declared the case complex.
Charges brought by the Prosecutor’s Office
The defendants face charges for the crimes of association of criminals, falsification of public and private documents and identity theft.
According to the accusation of the Public Ministry (MP), the directors of Coop-Herrera engaged in fraudulent maneuvers against the administration, abuse of trust against savers and money laundering.
The Santo Domingo Oeste Prosecutor’s Office He accuses them of simulating loans, issuing inorganic financial certificates, among other criminal manifestations, which he claims had the objective of diverting the money of members and savers.
