SANTO DOMINGO.- The Judge of the Permanent Attention Office of the National District postponed until Thursday, December 11, the coercive measure against the 10 involved in the alleged fraud in National Health Insurance (SeNaSa) at 2:00 in the afternoon.
The magistrate Rigoberto Sena The measure was ordered to give the accused’s lawyers the opportunity to prepare the means of defense.
It was reported that the accused affected the SeNaSa with at least 15 billion pesosdepending on the version of the Public Ministry.
They are involved in the process Santiago Marcelo F. Hazim Albainy, former director of SeNaSa, heads the group of defendants that also includes Rafael Luis Martínez Hazim, Gustavo Enrique Messina Cruz, Germán Rafael Robles Quiñones, Francisco Iván Minaya Pérez, Eduardo Read Estrella, Cinty Acosta Sención, Ramón Alan Speakler Mateo, Ada Ledesma Ubiera and Heidi Mariela Pineda Perdomo.
At the hearing, the Public Ministry requested that the court impose 18 months of preventive detention against ten people arrested within the framework of the Operation Cobra for embezzling the Dominican State with billions of pesos from the National Health Insurance (SeNaSa).
The hearing began at 2:00 in the afternoon today when the defendants were transferred from the jail in the District Attorney’s Office to the courtroom.
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While the General Directorate of Prosecution of the Public Ministry and the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca), headed by Deputy Prosecutor Wilson Camacho, and Court Prosecutor Mirna Ortiz, are in charge of the investigations that are still in process.
Among other crimes, the group is charged with coalition of officials, prevarication, association of criminals, collection of bribes, fraud against the Dominican State, embezzlement, forgery, use of false documents and money laundering.
