NewsWhore
03-12-2010, 04:30 PM
The National District coordinating judge for Instruction, Rosalba Garib Holguin, validated the seizure of the Atiemar Tower yesterday. The luxury high-rise was developed by Spaniard Arturo del Tiempo, who is accused of attempting to import a consignment of 1,200 kgs of cocaine into Spain from the Dominican Republic. The shipment was seized upon arrival at a port in Valencia, Spain on 2 March.
The magistrate accepted the petition of District Attorney, Alejandro Moscoso Segarra, who justified the confiscation of the property, on Pedro Henriquez Urena Street in La Esperilla, because it forms part of a money laundering case against del Tiempo and his partner Antonio Nunez Sebria.
The magistrate ordered the general confiscation of the property, which consists of 36 luxury apartments each valued at US$1.3-2.2 million. The apartments were promoted on the market by Inmobiliaria Banco Reservas, the real estate division of the government Banco de Reservas, chief financier of the high-rise.
Moscoso Segarra said that the property is in the hands of the Prosecutor General Office, the District Prosecutor's office and the National Drug Control Department (DNCD).
He made it clear that anyone who acquired apartments in good faith would not be affected, because the case will be handled with caution and prudence.
However, he did warn that anyone found to have ties to Del Tiempo would be prosecuted for money laundering.
Furthermore, El Dia reports that the Prosecutor General Office is investigating ties that Del Tiempo Marques might have had with fugitive drug baron Jose David Figueroa Agosto. Sources told the newspaper that Del Tiempo's son, Arturo del Tiempo Manzarbeitia listed apartments 201 and 202 at the Torre Bolivar as reference addresses. These apartments have been subsequently confiscated. Figueroa Agosto is the suspect owner of the apartments. In the first one, Puerto Rican Jose Miguel Marrero Martel (Elvin Medina Velazquez) resided. He is a suspect collaborator of Figueroa Agosto who was arrested on 6 December when illegally entering the DR onboard a boat with Alex Manuel Rivera Figueroa, uncle of Figueroa Agosto. Both were arrested in Puerto Rico where they were charged for drug trafficking. Lawyer Juan Carlos Acosta Perez was arrested in Apt. 202. He is accused of being a front for Figueroa Agosto.
Meanwhile, still another case against Del Tiempo came to light. This is a case pending a hearing at the Seventh Court of Instruction and has to do with the submission of a fraud case brought by Spaniard Virgilio Solis Yanes on the grounds that Del Tiempo had overvalued his investment in the 6,894 m2 lot where the high rise was to be built.
Hoy newspaper reports that German Miranda Villalona, in charge of the anti-money- laundering unit at the Prosecutor General Office said that he has a list of high rises in Santo Domingo that were built with dubious money. He says he is sure that drug traffickers and criminals are laundering money here.
Yesterday District Prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso Segarra said that his office would publish the list of people who purchased apartments in the Atiemar Tower.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)
The magistrate accepted the petition of District Attorney, Alejandro Moscoso Segarra, who justified the confiscation of the property, on Pedro Henriquez Urena Street in La Esperilla, because it forms part of a money laundering case against del Tiempo and his partner Antonio Nunez Sebria.
The magistrate ordered the general confiscation of the property, which consists of 36 luxury apartments each valued at US$1.3-2.2 million. The apartments were promoted on the market by Inmobiliaria Banco Reservas, the real estate division of the government Banco de Reservas, chief financier of the high-rise.
Moscoso Segarra said that the property is in the hands of the Prosecutor General Office, the District Prosecutor's office and the National Drug Control Department (DNCD).
He made it clear that anyone who acquired apartments in good faith would not be affected, because the case will be handled with caution and prudence.
However, he did warn that anyone found to have ties to Del Tiempo would be prosecuted for money laundering.
Furthermore, El Dia reports that the Prosecutor General Office is investigating ties that Del Tiempo Marques might have had with fugitive drug baron Jose David Figueroa Agosto. Sources told the newspaper that Del Tiempo's son, Arturo del Tiempo Manzarbeitia listed apartments 201 and 202 at the Torre Bolivar as reference addresses. These apartments have been subsequently confiscated. Figueroa Agosto is the suspect owner of the apartments. In the first one, Puerto Rican Jose Miguel Marrero Martel (Elvin Medina Velazquez) resided. He is a suspect collaborator of Figueroa Agosto who was arrested on 6 December when illegally entering the DR onboard a boat with Alex Manuel Rivera Figueroa, uncle of Figueroa Agosto. Both were arrested in Puerto Rico where they were charged for drug trafficking. Lawyer Juan Carlos Acosta Perez was arrested in Apt. 202. He is accused of being a front for Figueroa Agosto.
Meanwhile, still another case against Del Tiempo came to light. This is a case pending a hearing at the Seventh Court of Instruction and has to do with the submission of a fraud case brought by Spaniard Virgilio Solis Yanes on the grounds that Del Tiempo had overvalued his investment in the 6,894 m2 lot where the high rise was to be built.
Hoy newspaper reports that German Miranda Villalona, in charge of the anti-money- laundering unit at the Prosecutor General Office said that he has a list of high rises in Santo Domingo that were built with dubious money. He says he is sure that drug traffickers and criminals are laundering money here.
Yesterday District Prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso Segarra said that his office would publish the list of people who purchased apartments in the Atiemar Tower.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)