DORAL, Fla. – Dagmara Dominguez identifies as an “apostle” and “pastor” on social media. She regularly shares videos showing her preaching energetically in Spanish.
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Dominguez, 58, has regularly invited her nearly 27,000 followers on Instagram to Bible studies and church services in Miami-Dade County.
Dominguez, a Miami Lakes resident born in Cuba, also shared posts where others described her as a “woman of faith, love, and service“ and a ”spiritual leader.”
Detectives accused her of fraud. She was detained on Wednesday night at Miami International Airport and questioned at the Doral Police Department.
“She agreed to speak to me without a lawyer present,” Detective Manny Menocal wrote, according to his arrest report.
According to the police report, detectives started to investigate Dominguez’s business dealings after a man accused her of fraud on Jan. 2 and provided police documents.
Dominguez, who identifies on Linkedin as a Cienfuegos University graduate in economics and statistics, is also an entrepreneur. Florida records show that aside from her religious organization, she has been associated with nine Florida companies, including four that are inactive.
State records show Dominguez is the registered agent of Centro Internacional Nuevo Pacto, Inc., a religious organization incorporated in 2022. She is also the registered agent of four active companies: D&G Business Service, incorporated in 2014; Express Real Estate, incorporated in 2015; Dagmara Corp., incorporated in 2019; and Centro Internacional Casa De Aguila, incorporated in 2022.
It’s unclear which of these companies, if any, were involved in the case. According to police, the fraud was related to one deal involving a loan and a mortgage.
According to police, the man reported he had made a $25,000 “loan investment” and expected to “receive collateral” from “a second mortgage,” but instead, he received a fraudulent document, according to police.
During Dominguez’s detention at the Doral Police Department, Menocal reported showing her a document that he had included as evidence.
“Ms. Dominguez informed me that she would no longer wish to speak to me and wished to request a lawyer,” Menocal wrote in his report.
Records show that after detectives arrested Dominguez, Miami-Dade correctional officers booked her at about 1:30 a.m., on Thursday, at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Court records show prosecutors filed a felony case against Dominguez on Thursday, and she faced charges of organized scheme to defraud and forgery. Her bond was $5,000.
By Thursday evening, records showed Dominguez was no longer behind bars. The court set her arraignment for 9 a.m., on April 11, and her defense attorney filed a written plea of not guilty. County Circuit Judge Carlos Lopez was set to preside over her case.