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09-21-2009, 04:00 PM
Two people have been arrested and charged with stealing thousands of pesos from the Banco Popular Dominicano (BPD) through fraudulent electronic manipulations. Alex Perez Castro and Jose Joaquin Rodriguez Ramirez were apprehended by agents from the National Police High Technology Crime Unit as they tried to withdraw RD$35,000 from the BPD branch located at the corner of Luperon and Independencia avenues.
According to El Nuevo Diario, Perez Castro said that Rodriguez Ramirez recruited him to withdraw the money. The Police reported that Rodriguez Ramirez was being sought in connection with fraudulent operations involving withdrawals of US$1,771, RD$35,000 and RD$2,700 from the Banco Popular.

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