This morning, in the Criminal Judicial Unit of Santo Domingo, preventive detention was issued for three of the six detainees for alleged money laundering by the company PipMaster Cía. Ltd.
The State Attorney General’s Office filed charges against the six people. This, after the operations carried out yesterday in the provinces of Pichincha, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, El Oro, Azuay, Orellana and Manabí, where 36 raids were carried out.
The judge of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, where this company was based, ordered preventive detention for Cristhian J., Vicente S. and Christian Andrés R.; while Gabriela A., Natalia G. and Iván G. were banned from leaving the country and presented regularly.
Illegal money collector, based in Santo Domingo, mobilized $41 million and operated in several provinces, according to the Interior Minister
It also decided to withhold the bank accounts of all the defendants, seize five cars, five motorcycles and six real estate. Four of these are located in Santo Domingo, one in Manta and one in Quito.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the investigations they had for more than two years revealed that the PipMaster company offered returns to its investors from 8%. To move the money of allegedly illicit origin, the company developed a system of several companies that offered products and services.
The beginning of the investigation would also be due to an alert issued by the Superintendency of Companies, since this company was not registered to carry out brokerage house operations.
The Prosecutor’s Office carried out raids in six provinces for money laundering. Minister pointed out that there are six detainees linked to mobilizing $ 41 million in the financial system
According to the Minister of the Interior, Patricio Carrillo, this network would have moved approximately $41 million during the time it was investigated. Of those amounts, he said that $36 million would already be identified, they constitute assets that belong to companies linked to the network.
As of today, the prosecution of the case will last 90 days in which the Prosecutor’s Office will prepare the case and analyze the evidence raised in the raids. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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