Coercive measure hearing postponed for alleged millionaire fraud at Senasa
The Dominican justice system has scheduled for this Monday at 2:00 p.m. the hearing where the request for coercive measures against 25 people involved in an alleged corruption and fraud scheme to the detriment of the National Health Insurance (Senasa) will be heard. The judicial process seeks to clarify an embezzlement that, according to preliminary investigations, exceeds 40 million pesos.
Case details
The Public Ministry, under the direction of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca), formally filed the motion last Saturday night. The file, which consists of 525 pages, details the accusations and evidence collected by a team of prosecutors led by Mirna Ortiz, Yudelka Holguín, Héctor García, Rosa Alba García, Emmanuel Ramírez, and Ernesto Guzmán Alberto.
Given the gravity of the events, the authorities have requested 18 months of pretrial detention for those involved, in addition to requiring that the case be declared a complex process due to the magnitude of the operating network and the number of people involved.
List of those under investigation
The group of 25 people identified for their alleged involvement in this fraud scheme includes various health professionals and other collaborators. Among them are:
- Angeury Guzmán Vásquez, Heidy Coronado Paulino, Starky Atahualpa Arturo Rodríguez Nova, Lucreisy Polanco Núñez, and Einstein Rafael Borromé Valdez.
- Doctors Juan Henry Poueriet, Hanna Rashell Rodríguez Almánzar, Luz Esther Reyes Durán de Ramírez, Edwin Alberto Batista Cruz, José Luis Díaz Hernández, Carlos Job Ynoa Olivero, Guillermo Enrique Dicló Garabito, Griselda Altagracia Basora Ramírez, and Juan Gabriel Rodríguez Ravelo.
- Martha María Saldaña Saldaña, Elsa Evelyn de la Rosa Vásquez, Engels Federico Díaz Mendoza, Keila Beatriz Acosta Leonardo, Rafael Mauricio Cabral González, Laura Altagracia Santana Evangelista, Víctor Felipe Rodríguez García, Wander Manuel Díaz Encarnación, Yocaira Antonia Méndez Beltré, Marcelino Eusebio Figuereo, and Ray Ernesto Mercedes Lugo.
It will be this Monday when the court hears arguments from both the prosecution and the defense teams, thus determining the precautionary measures that the defendants must comply with while the investigative process moves forward.
