At least 100 people are being purged at this time in the Santiago Prosecutor’s Office for their alleged links with the Operation Discoveryagainst transnational cybercrime.
In order to be able to interrogate that number of people, the authorities set up several alternative areas to the Palace of Justice prison.
The group was arrested this Wednesday during raids carried out simultaneously in Santiago, Santo Domingo, La Vega and Puerto Plata.
During the operations, dozens of luxury vehicles were seized, as well as personal computers and other valuables.
According to him Public ministry, Those involved in the alleged network defrauded hundreds of citizens in the United States in various ways, including sexual extortion, economic extortion and identity theft.
The organ says that the members of the organization dedicated themselves to committing high tech crime and crimes. They all formed an association of criminals that usurped functions, and that incurred in money laundering and the illegal carrying and possession of firearms.
In addition to sexual extortion and identity theft, they accuse the members of the network of making phone calls to intimidate, sending medicines using “delivery” and even usurping official functions of the United States, including that of agents of the FBI.
The network, which had its operational center in Santiago, with territorial scope in Puerto Plata, used cryptocurrencies and the national financial system as means for the movement of capital in dollars.
The operations of the Operation Discovery were carried out by a joint task force that includes 45 prosecutors, 105 technicians and 321 police officers.
In network research, the Public ministry counted on the coordinated work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)of the United States, and the General Directorate of Criminal Investigations (Dicrim), of the National Police.
