Official Statement by Walter Espinoza, director of Judiciary Investigative Police (OIJ) in Costa Rica regarding the arrests that took place this Friday in relation to the kidnapping of American-Costa Rican citizen William Sean Creighton, known in the sportsbook industry as 5Dimes Tony: ¨The District Attorney´s office carried out 10 searches today in relation to a kidnapping that occurred on September 24, 2018, OIJ received the report the following day, September 25, 2018, the victim of the kidnap is an American businessman of last name Creighton, first name William, that had commercial activities in the area of San Pedro. This person was intercepted in the area of Granadilla, Curridabat, precisely the night of September 24, this event had the participation of at least four people, these four people were aboard a gray pick-up truck (…) according to the hypothesis of the police, two officers of the transit police also took part of the event, these two officers contributed to stopping Creighton´s car, this allowed the people aboard the pick-up truck to proceed with the kidnapping. It was at this point that the criminal group began negotiations with the victim´s family to obtain ransom money, initially they requested a very high amount, of close to $5 million USD, this amount was then brought down to close to $1 million USD which is the amount that was actually paid through the use of crypto currency, specifically bitcoins. OIJ initiated the investigation on September 25 when the report was received and after negotiations and the payment had already taken place. At this point we were able to determine that the suspects had maintained communication among themselves, that some of them had already left the country, and we managed to establish that they had distributed the different functions to carry out the crime”.
¨The searches took place in Cartago (2), La Union (2), Santo Domingo Heredia (1), La Trinidad Moravia (1), Limón, Siquirres and Sarapiquí; three people were also detained in Zaragoza, Spain in collaboration with Spanish authorities, this because the investigation showed that the leader of the organization, identified as Jorduan Morales Vega had left the country by ground to Panama, he then traveled to El Salvador and from there to Cuba where he remained for one month and then moved to Spain where we relocated several times. Spanish police has maintained vigilance over the suspects for over a month. In Spain three people were detained, Morales Vega, his wife, Maria Fernanda Solís Cháves, and the mother of Morales, of name Guiselle Vega Aguirre (…) (there is evidence that both the mother and wife were directly related with the crime) during the search we found documents that link the suspects to the kidnap, particularly financial information, including details of the three e-wallets were the ransom money was transferred. (…) The grandmother of Morales Vega was also arrested in Moravia, with strong links to the kidnapping”.
“The man driving the gray pick-up truck was detained in Santo Domingo de Heredia, and he is identified as Mauricio Castillo, the pick-up truck was rented under the name of Jorduan Morales Vega, the other two people in the truck were Alejandro Vega Aguirre and Kenny Fort Dougma, this last one was the one that drove Creighton´s car after the kidnap and crashed it in Heredia”.
Espinoza added that throughout the whole investigation the priority has been to locate the victim, however, at this point Creighton’s location or situation is unknown.
As per the investigation all the people involved in the crime were arrested today.
¨The searches took place in Cartago (2), La Union (2), Santo Domingo Heredia (1), La Trinidad Moravia (1), Limón, Siquirres and Sarapiquí; three people were also detained in Zaragoza, Spain in collaboration with Spanish authorities, this because the investigation showed that the leader of the organization, identified as Jorduan Morales Vega had left the country by ground to Panama, he then traveled to El Salvador and from there to Cuba where he remained for one month and then moved to Spain where we relocated several times. Spanish police has maintained vigilance over the suspects for over a month. In Spain three people were detained, Morales Vega, his wife, Maria Fernanda Solís Cháves, and the mother of Morales, of name Guiselle Vega Aguirre (…) (there is evidence that both the mother and wife were directly related with the crime) during the search we found documents that link the suspects to the kidnap, particularly financial information, including details of the three e-wallets were the ransom money was transferred. (…) The grandmother of Morales Vega was also arrested in Moravia, with strong links to the kidnapping”.
“The man driving the gray pick-up truck was detained in Santo Domingo de Heredia, and he is identified as Mauricio Castillo, the pick-up truck was rented under the name of Jorduan Morales Vega, the other two people in the truck were Alejandro Vega Aguirre and Kenny Fort Dougma, this last one was the one that drove Creighton´s car after the kidnap and crashed it in Heredia”.
Espinoza added that throughout the whole investigation the priority has been to locate the victim, however, at this point Creighton’s location or situation is unknown.
As per the investigation all the people involved in the crime were arrested today.
