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Raúl Arias Marxuach, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, has ordered Zuleika Molina Orozco, the former comptroller of a non-profit sports and social club located in Humacao, to serve 37 months in prison for her involvement in a wire fraud scheme, as per a press release issued on Tuesday.
Legal documents reveal that Molina Orozco held the position of comptroller at Company A, a not-for-profit sports and social club, where she had full access and control over the bank account of Company A, according to the statement.
From October 2019 through March 2022, Molina Orozco executed 39 unauthorized wire transfers from the bank account of Company A to her three credit cards, in addition to two unauthorized transfers to a different bank account, accumulating a total of $1,100,283.36. The stolen funds were utilized to cover her personal credit card bills, to buy a 2020 Ford F-150 truck, and to send money to other individuals.
She received her sentence last Thursday.
On April 4 of this year, the defendant entered a guilty plea for all eight counts. Molina Orozco has also been mandated to provide restitution in the amount of $1,100,283.36, which mirrors the funds she misappropriated through the fraudulent scheme.
The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico and Rebecca C. González Ramos, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
HSI conducted the investigation into this case.
