This criminal structure mobilized, with a pyramid scheme, more than RD $ 4,239 million and US $ 11.6 million, affecting 332 victims
Hosting the request of the prosecutors of the General Directorate of Persecution of the Public Ministrya National District Court ordered the sending of the members of the criminal network dismantled with the Gaviota operation and that established a pyramidal scheme with which it mobilized more than RD $ 4,239 million and US $ 11.6 million, affecting 332 victims.
The organ accuser established in the process that during the 2020-2024 the criminal structure operated a fraudulent pyramidal scheme called Winner Investorwhich captured and mobilized the indicated sums of money fraudulently, offering monthly yields of between 10% and 30% under the false allegation of legitimate stock market investments.
When considering enough the evidence that support the recordthe Court issued an opening order against the leaders Rafael Martínez Batista and his partner Eridania García Veloz de Martínez; Edgar Antonio García Binet, Jesús Manuel de la Cruz Paché, Reynaldo Castillo Garrido, Ana Francisca Martínez Batista, Héctor Aníbal Santillán Faulkner, Carlos Manuel Jiménez Mauricio and Joanna del Cristo Amparo de Jiménez.
Also, the shipping of O’Neill Alberto Nivar Romero, William Félix Esquea D’Oleo, Roberto Evangelista Concepción, Rafael Martínez Colón, Lucía Martínez Colón, Rosangella Amador Núñez, Greer Antoni Carpio Paché, Anderson García Veloz, Emmanuel Nazaire, Isandry Alberto Rosario Rosario Victoriano and Daniel Cadet Gabriel, as well as as by Manuel Arturo de la Cruz Pache and Claribel Martínez Vicente.
To commit the facts, the accused used the Ixi Intermecom SRL, Guro Investments SRL, Yirewall SRL, Savings Cooperative Cooperativa Multiple Savings and Services of Educational Entrepreneurs (Coopes), Investor Winner Iw SRL, Antoni Carpio Flares and Constructions SRL, VAGARY CONSULTING SRL, INVESTMENTS CATALYA SRLY
In addition, companies Ghanima Corporation Srl, Taufit Investments SRL, Jalizca Family Inmobiliaria SRL, Doña Francisca Martínez Foundation, Fasurielva Group, SRL, Real Estate Luz del Ángel Srl and The Winner Academy & Trading Center.
The investigation was in charge of prosecutors Jonathan Pérez Fulcar, Yudelka Holguín, Enmanuel Ramírez, Miguel Crucey Rodríguez and Alexis Piña, of the General Directorate of Persecution of the Public Ministry.
The judge of the seventh Court of the National District, Deiby Peguero Jiménez, issued the order to open and set the full reading of the decision for November 14, 2025.
The prosecutors presented in the process more than 650 tests, including a total of 376 testimonial evidence, 19 financial and forensic computer experts, as well as 254 documentaries and 29 materials against the members of the Network.
The structure
In the aforementioned period the accused managed to capture the funds from the victims In different provinces of the country, many of which mortgaged properties or committed their personal savings.
Among their actions, they recruited investors and convinced them that they were making a legitimate investment, creating companies to capture public values without having the corresponding permits or records before the Superintendency of Banks or the Superintendence of the Securities Market.
The General Directorate of Persecution of the Public Ministry proved that there were no legitimate investments in international markets, but that it was a Ponzi scheme, in which payments to the first investors were financed with the contributions of new participants.
The investigations revealed that the leaders Rafael Martínez Batista and their spouse Eridania García Veloz de Martínez, along with the other defendants, captured the victims through the investor Winner Iw SRL company and the framework of fictional societies and cooperatives.
The Public Ministry explained that the criminal group used social networks such as Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram to promote false investment opportunities, in addition to falsified financial statements and constituted facade companies, managing to attract hundreds of people.
To hide traces and hinder the investigation, the accused assigned the actions of the companies once the scheme was collapsed and disappeared from their usual homes, moving from Higüey to Dajabón or Azua; Some even left the country.
The legal qualification received by the Court was the violation of article 15 of Law 53-07 on high-tech crimes and crimes (fraud through high-tech media); the articles, 265, 266 and 405 of the Dominican Criminal Code (Association of Malhechores to commit scam against the State); Article 3, literals (a) (b); 35, literal (a); Article 68, literal (a), numerals (1) and (5), and article 70, literal (a), numeral (1) of the monetary and financial law No. 183-02, dated November 21, 2002 (financial intermediation without authorization).
Also, the violation of articles 336 numerals (1) (5) (6), 340 and 352 of Law 249-17 of the Securities Market of the Dominican Republic (capture funds for alleged operation in the market without authorization), as well as article 69 of Law 127-64 on cooperativism in the Dominican Republic and articles 2, numerals (11) and (15); 3, numerals (1), (2), (3), (5), 7 and 9, numerals (1) and (2), Law No. 155-17 against money laundering and terrorism financing.
