By The Star Staff
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Raúl Arias Marxuach has sentenced Zuleika Molina Orozco, the former comptroller of a not-for-profit sports and social club at a resort in Humacao, to 37 months in prison for a wire fraud scheme, according to a press statement issued Tuesday.
According to court documents, Molina Orozco was the comptroller of Company A, a not-for-profit sports and social club, and had access and control over Company A’s bank account, the statement said.
Between October 2019 and March 2022, Molina Orozco fraudulently made 39 unauthorized wire transfers from Company A’s bank account to three of her credit cards and two unauthorized wire transfers to another bank account, all totaling $1,100,283.36. The money the defendant obtained from the fraud scheme was used to pay the defendant’s personal credit card expenses, to purchase a 2020 Ford F-150 truck, and to transfer money to other individuals.
She was sentenced last Thursday.
The defendant pleaded guilty to all eight counts on April 4 of this year. Molina Orozco also was ordered to pay restitution of $1,100,283.36, which corresponds to the money she obtained from the fraud scheme.
U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico, and Rebecca C. González Ramos, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) made the announcement.
HSI investigated the case.
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