David Ortiz denounces being the subject of extortion and fraud

Dominican former baseball player David Ortiz member Cooperstown Hall of Fame, Yesterday, he condemned on his social networks that he was a victim of extortion and fraud by individuals who would hack the old cell phone he owns.

“I am currently a victim of extortion,” said the former player The big leagues in a video published on his Instagram profile. “There are people who hacked my phone more than 15 years ago who haven’t used it lately,” he added.

According to the athlete, the extortionists threatened to sell him details of his personal life found in the telephone terminal, a circumstance he had already warned the authorities about. NOW, where do you live and Dominican Republic, his country of origin, where he maintains family and personal ties.

“I have already taken legal action, these criminals already know that we are following them closely. Both here and inside United States, iIt’s a matter of knowledge FBI and DEA and “now in Dominican Republic, in the Police Intelligence Directorate and are taking action on that issue,” he explained in the audiovisual attachment.

Ortiz, known as “big daddy” He explained that he recorded the video in order to inform his relatives about the situation, so that “they would not get involved in any of this”, because the authorities “are already taking action on this matter, which was something completely illegal”.

He also indicated that the same people who are currently extorting him for “fraud six months ago” on bank accounts in his name are people who “have information on one and are following him” and “I wouldn’t want any of my beautiful people there in of the Dominican Republicand get involved in this.”
in 2019, during a visit to Dominican Republic, David Ortiz was shot in the back while he was in a bar in the municipality East of Santo Domingoand, in the province Santo Domingowith some friends.

After the impact, he was transferred to a health center in the Dominican capital, where he underwent surgery and the next day was transferred to Boston, where he underwent a second operation.

Official investigations into the attack found that “Big Daddy”as he was baptized in American baseball, they allegedly confused him with another person who was also in the bar, whom they intended to kill in order to deal with the drug trade.

Ortiz himself, after recovering from his injuries, ordered a private investigation that produced the same result as that conducted by the Dominican Public Ministry.
After that, in 2022, he was the subject of a lawsuit filed by the former couple Ortiz Fary Almanzar Fernandezthe mother of the former player’s son, due to alleged gender-based violence just one day after his announcement in the hall Cooperstown Baseball Fame, New York