Santo Domingo.– This Monday, the Public Ministry filed the request for a coercive measure against those involved in the alleged embezzlement of millions of dollars from National Health Insurance (Senasa) and asked that everyone be imposed 18 months of preventive detentionin addition to the case being declared complex due to the magnitude of the fraudulent scheme investigated.
During the filing of the file with the Permanent Attention Office of the National District, the prosecutor Hector Garcia explained that the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) based its request on “the severity of the damage caused to public assets and the high volume of maneuvers detected.”
The arrests and raids took place on Saturday, and according to the Public Ministry, 12 raids were carried out at different points in search of evidence.
Deficit exceeds 15 billion pesos
García indicated that the preliminary investigation reveals irregular management of funds that would have generated a deficit greater than 15,000 million pesosresources that should have been available for the operation of the state administrator and the coverage of its members.
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According to the accusation, the accused group would have carried out a sustained scheme of diversion of funds, irregular authorizations and improper payments to providers, which caused significant damage to the public health system.
The accused
In the file they appear as accused Santiago Hazim Albainyformer director of Senasa; Germán Rafael Robles Quiñones; Francisco Iván Minaya Pérez; Eduardo Read Estrella; Cinty Acosta Sención; Ramón Alan Speakler Mateo and Ada Ledesma Ubiera.
The Public Ministry indicated that in addition to those arrested, other individuals and legal entities continue to be investigated, with the aim of being brought to justice as the investigations progress.
Expanding research
The prosecuting body maintains that the case involves a network that operated for several years and that defrauded billions of pesos from the public health risk system.
The Attorney General’s Office assures that it is deepening the investigations and that it will request criminal and civil responsibilities for all those involved.
The hearing to know the coercive measure will be set by the court in the next few hours.
