NewsWhore
06-23-2009, 03:20 PM
The Prosecutor General's Office has recovered EUR11 million of the more than EUR22 million that was swindled by a supposed international network composed of two Dutch nationals who have been arrested in the DR. They are believed to have cheated 900 investors in the Benelux countries and escaping to the Dominican Republic.
According to Diario Libre, the Dutch authorities notified the Attorney General of the investment of EUR11 million in laundered money, which enabled the authorities to act through the Anti-Laundering of Assets Unit.
The money was reportedly invested in a series of unnamed companies and properties that the authorities are investigating, according to the director of the Anti-Laundering Unit, German Miranda Villalona. Diario Libre reports that Miranda said that Dutch nationals Gerd Pol and Nike Eddie were involved in the scheme, and they were arrested for marketing real estate and offering plans for projects that were never built.
Pol was arrested in a tenth floor penthouse on Anacaona Avenue. He was deported to Holland to face the accusation against him, while Eddie was questioned and released.
Miranda said that the alleged swindlers fostered false hopes for investors, to the point of diverting the money to their personal expenses and into other companies of their property.
Four officials from the financial investigations unit and a prosecutor from Holland are in the country looking into the case.
Dutch investigating officer N. Hemelaar said that Pol has been wanted for investing money in a resort in the DR since 2000. "From 2000 until now, of all these projects, nothing has been built and the money has disappeared."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)
According to Diario Libre, the Dutch authorities notified the Attorney General of the investment of EUR11 million in laundered money, which enabled the authorities to act through the Anti-Laundering of Assets Unit.
The money was reportedly invested in a series of unnamed companies and properties that the authorities are investigating, according to the director of the Anti-Laundering Unit, German Miranda Villalona. Diario Libre reports that Miranda said that Dutch nationals Gerd Pol and Nike Eddie were involved in the scheme, and they were arrested for marketing real estate and offering plans for projects that were never built.
Pol was arrested in a tenth floor penthouse on Anacaona Avenue. He was deported to Holland to face the accusation against him, while Eddie was questioned and released.
Miranda said that the alleged swindlers fostered false hopes for investors, to the point of diverting the money to their personal expenses and into other companies of their property.
Four officials from the financial investigations unit and a prosecutor from Holland are in the country looking into the case.
Dutch investigating officer N. Hemelaar said that Pol has been wanted for investing money in a resort in the DR since 2000. "From 2000 until now, of all these projects, nothing has been built and the money has disappeared."
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)