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Local November 24, 2014 | 8:19 am

Peravia bank: Kidnapping, RD$500.0M embezzlement, tax fraud

Santo Domingo.- Banks Superintendent on Sunday reported that the Monetary Board proceeded to dissolve the bank Banco Peravia Ahorros y Credito, SA, in the heels of several incidents including the alleged kidnapping of one of its major stakeholders.

The Superintendence called on depositors to visit Banco Peravia branches to validate their deposits and CDs and urge debtors to pay their loan... Read more

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