NewsWhore
01-23-2007, 04:00 PM
Members of a supposed mafia that swindled 270 people out of over RD$30 million have been sent to a pre-trial hearing to determine the date and place for their court case. The mafia had promised the group a trip to Spain at a cost of EUR3,000 per person. When the day came for the group to depart for Spain they were left stranded at the airport, victims of a con. Members of the mafia included Franconelis de los Santos Rivas, ex-secretary of the San Cristobal prosecutor's office, Yirda Pellier de Leon, Lissette Altagracia Perez, Pedro Antonio Pena and Santo Valdez Cuello. This is a common type of con trick in the Dominican Republic where many people unsuspectingly pay large sums of money to people they trust in order to get visas and trips to Europe.
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