{"id":156565,"date":"2026-09-08T11:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/court-of-appeal-reviews-appeals-of-the-antipulpo-case-for-state-embezzlement\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T11:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:11:17","slug":"court-of-appeal-reviews-appeals-of-the-antipulpo-case-for-state-embezzlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/court-of-appeal-reviews-appeals-of-the-antipulpo-case-for-state-embezzlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Court of Appeal reviews appeals of the Antipulpo Case for state embezzlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Antipulpo Case: Court of Appeals begins review of sentences for millionaire embezzlement<\/h2>\n\n<p>Dominican justice enters a decisive stage this Tuesday. The magistrates of the First Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals of the National District have convened the hearing where the appeals filed by those involved in the so-called Antipulpo Case will be heard, a judicial process that investigates an alleged embezzlement of the State of more than 5 billion pesos.<\/p>\n\n<p>This process seeks to review the sentences handed down against the members of an alleged corruption network that, according to the authorities, operated through schemes of irregular contracts and illicit operations with various public sector institutions.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main figures under process<\/h2>\n\n<p>Among the defendants seeking to reverse or modify the sentences imposed by the courts of first instance are high-profile figures from the past public administration:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Juan Alexis Medina S\u00e1nchez, identified as the ringleader of the structure.<\/li>\n<li>Magaly Medina S\u00e1nchez.<\/li>\n<li>Fernando Rosa, former director of Fonper.<\/li>\n<li>Freddy Hidalgo, former Minister of Public Health.<\/li>\n<li>Antonio Germos\u00e9n And\u00fajar, former Comptroller General of the Republic.<\/li>\n<li>Aquiles Alejandro Christopher S\u00e1nchez, former OISOE official.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The position of the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office<\/h2>\n\n<p>During the preliminary phases of the trial, the prosecution has maintained a firm stance, arguing that the documentary and testimonial evidence is sufficient to prove that Alexis Medina S\u00e1nchez led a scheme designed to capture state funds. Prosecutor Elizabeth Paredes has emphasized in her presentations that institutions such as the Ministry of Public Works and the OISOE were targets of maneuvers to irregularly award contracts.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office maintains that the network used a complex scheme of front men and shell companies, such as Domedical Supply SRL and General Supply SRL, to divert millions in payments from the Ministry of Finance and other state agencies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operations structure<\/h2>\n\n<p>The file details how third parties, including Jos\u00e9 Dolores Santana, were used to appear in public contracts and conceal the final benefit of those involved. In addition to those mentioned, the process links figures such as Lina de la Cruz Vargas, Pachrysty Ram\u00edrez, and V\u00edctor Encarnaci\u00f3n, while other actors, such as the former director of the OISOE, Francisco Pag\u00e1n, have already received prior convictions for their direct participation in the events.<\/p>\n\n<p>With the start of these hearings in the Court of Appeals, the Dominican judicial system prepares to evaluate the validity of the arguments presented by both the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office and the technical defense teams, in what represents one of the most complex and relevant judicial processes of recent years in the country.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antipulpo Case: Court of Appeals begins review of sentences for millionaire embezzlement Dominican justice enters a decisive stage this Tuesday. The magistrates of the First Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals of the National District have convened the hearing where the appeals filed by those involved in the so-called Antipulpo Case will be heard, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[15246,6357,1271,5042],"class_list":{"0":"post-156565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-antipulpo-case","9":"tag-corruption","10":"tag-dominican-republic","11":"tag-justice"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}