All marketers and agents, who received and handed over cash to Yuri Dominguez and his wife, Ateeka Ismael, are required to visit the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Eve Leary, to submit their documents proving same, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has said.
Between August 26 and October 17, 2020, Dominguez and Ishmael, were slapped with over 80 fraud charges and at least two other infractions under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT. The GPF said today that it is continuing its investigations.
Dominguez told the media last October, that plans were being made to repay some 17,000 investors, however, according to a February 11, 2021 Stabroek News report, the repayment did commence as promised with some 27 persons receiving their invested capital. However, two days after the repayment started, officials from the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) raided the couple’s property at Coldingen, ECD and seized equipment containing records of their clients. This resulted in a halt of the repayment.
Guyana Standard understands that some investors began receiving payments at the beginning of this year. Dominguez has since stated that his agents, who received commission for every investor they attracted, have collected millions of dollars to repay investors. The Kaieteur News, today, quoted Dominguez as saying that these very agents are the ones withholding the monies to investors.
