US EditionA former Dominican prosecutor and 8 others are sentenced in a scheme to erase criminal records
Nine suspects, including former prosecutor Luis Peña Cedeño, received six to 10 years in prison for erasing over 8,000 criminal records to help convicted criminals avoid legal and social consequences.
- On Thursday, a court in the Dominican Republic sentenced nine suspects, including former prosecutor Luis Peña Cedeño, for erasing criminal records of convicted rapists and hitmen.
- The scheme, investigators say, involved former prosecutors, former police officers, Ministry of Public Safety employees and relatives, with government workers aiding record erasures before Operation Hawk dismantled it.
- Investigators detailed that the suspects expunged more than 8,000 criminal records, including cases involving murder and drug trafficking, using a tech company to process queries and payments and altering ID numbers to hide records.
- Prosecutors had charged 12 suspects with bribery, money laundering, terror financing and weapons violations, while charges were dismissed against three suspects; defense attorneys declined to comment after sentencing on Thursday.
- The case matters because people with criminal records in the Dominican Republic face travel, employment and bank loan barriers, and judicial sentencing depends on these records.
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A former Dominican prosecutor and 8 others are sentenced in a scheme to erase criminal records
A court in the Dominican Republic has sentenced nine suspects for helping erase criminal records of thousands of people, including convicted rapists and hitmen, to between six and 10 years in prison.
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On Thursday, the Fourth Collegiate Court of the National District sentenced nine people, including a prosecutor, for being part of the criminal network dismantled through Operation Gavilan, dedicated to erasing and altering criminal records of citizens in exchange for bribes. Those convicted included the prosecutor Luis Peña Cedeño, who received 10 years in prison, disqualification from holding public office for five years, a fine of 100 minimum…
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