NewsWhore
03-24-2011, 04:50 PM
The Police reported today that Carlos David Garcia Rojas, the messenger who was sent by his construction company employer to make a large bank deposit, and has been missing since 22 February has finally been caught. He had run off with RD$5,416,498.32 and was arrested on Thursday morning, 24 March in the Guaranas neighborhood in San Francisco de Macoris, where he had rented a house. He was found in possession of two guns, and had planned to open a store selling alcoholic beverages, as reported in Hoy.
Garcia had been sent to cash the multi-million-peso check by Constructora Almonte Tavarez, where he had been employed for several years. The bank security video showed him cashing the check and leaving the building. Garcia is known to have used the money to purchase a car for his girlfriend.
Hoy reports the Police said that RD$1.4 million was found in a safe at the house he had rented in Barrio Las Flores. He had new furniture in the house. Garcia did not resist arrest upon being discovered and handed himself in peacefully. When interviewed by journalists, Garcia said there was RD$2.8 million in the safe and he had spent the rest, but the authorities said that the safe contained only half that amount.
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Garcia had been sent to cash the multi-million-peso check by Constructora Almonte Tavarez, where he had been employed for several years. The bank security video showed him cashing the check and leaving the building. Garcia is known to have used the money to purchase a car for his girlfriend.
Hoy reports the Police said that RD$1.4 million was found in a safe at the house he had rented in Barrio Las Flores. He had new furniture in the house. Garcia did not resist arrest upon being discovered and handed himself in peacefully. When interviewed by journalists, Garcia said there was RD$2.8 million in the safe and he had spent the rest, but the authorities said that the safe contained only half that amount.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)