Motion: Lisa requested formal indictment of Bosch for embezzlement

On March 13, 2024, attorney Carlos De Icaza Muñoz, acting on behalf of Lisa, S.A., filed a formal request before the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office seeking the indictment of Juan Luis Bosch Gutiérrez. The request invokes Article 280 of the Criminal Procedure Code, arguing that sufficient evidence exists to proceed with formal charges for embezzlement and abuse of public function. Bosch, as legal representative of Villamorey, S.A., explicitly acknowledged his role as judicial depositary in a 2008 letter to the Eleventh Civil Court, committing to hold dividends owed to Lisa, S.A. under a court-ordered seizure. However, he never returned the funds or provided an accounting, violating his duties as depositary.

The motion cites key evidence in the file, including the final and enforceable Auto No. 2277-2018 confirming Lisa, S.A.’s right to the funds, multiple certifications from the Public Registry confirming Bosch’s legal authority, and the February 2024 testimony of court official Javier Castillero, who reaffirmed Bosch’s depositary obligations. It also references multiple court responses from 2023 and 2024 confirming that Lisa, S.A. was not under any legal restriction at the time. Lisa’s legal team argues that this is a criminal, not merely civil, matter: Bosch’s deliberate retention of funds and failure to report constitutes an act of criminal intent, requiring punitive—not just compensatory—legal action.