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First on Fox: The Ministry of Finance authorized the network of persons related to “harsh” cartel for hundreds of millions fraud Signing on the Americans in the popular tourist destination Puert -Wallart, Mexico, Fox News Digital.
Treasury department now prevention The current owners of magazines in the US and those considering the purchase of the Mexico Taimhar for the “appropriate proper check”. Officials warn that scores are often targeted Elderly Americans Who can lose their life savings.
Hardly violent Mexican cartel that dumps Americans’ life in a difficult scam
The Foreign Finance Foreign Affairs Office imposed sanctions for four Mexican persons and 13 Mexican companies related to Timeshare fraud led by Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJng). Persons related to fraud are in Puert -Wallart.
“We come to terrorist drugs such as Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, which pour our country by Fentonil,” the Treasury Secretary Scott Baverty said in a statement. “These cartels continue to create new ways of earning revenue to nourish its terrorist operations. In the direction of President Trump, we will continue our efforts to fully eradicate the ability of cartels to make a profit, including their efforts to produce elderly Americans through temporary fraud.”
On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Scott of Import, the Secretary of the US Treasury, during the hearings of the Committee on Ways and Means in Washington, the District of Columbia, the USA. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The three older members of the CJng, most involved in the Timeshare fraud, sanctioned on Wednesday, are Julio Sesar Montera Pinzon (Montera), Carlos Andres Rivela (Riversra) and Francis Javier Hudin Hara (Gudid).
In addition, Puert -Walhaart Michael Ibori -Diaz -Jr. (IBarra) was sanctioned by Puert -Walhaart. The Treasury says Ibarra is “engaged in temporary order on behalf of CJng”.
Sanctioned Companies – Akali Realtors, Centro Mediador de La Costa, Sa De CV, Corporativo Integral de La Costa, Sa De CV, Corporativo Costa Norta, Sa De CV, and Sunmex Travel, S. De Rl De CV, Timeshare “.
Another company involved in sanctioned Timeshare operations is Ttr Go, Sa De CV, they only declare as a tourist agency.
Three additional companies have been sanctioned for their alleged real estate activities: Inmobiliaria Integral del Puerto, Sa de CV, Kvy Bucerias, Sa De CV and Servicios Inmobiliarios Ibadi, Sa De CV CV CV CV CV CV CV CV
“This diverse corporate network also includes tour operators (fishing – US, S. De Rl de CV; Santamaria Cruise, S. De Rl De CV), Automobile Service Company (Automobile Laminate Elte, SA De CV) and Accounting Firm (Professional Consultations Almida, SA DE CV).
Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion-Foreign Terrorist Organization Appointed by the United States. Officials said the cartel is increasingly complemented by drug trafficking with alternative revenue flows such as temporary fraud and fuel theft.
Staying at Puerto -Wallart is a great opportunity to soak culture, sun and kitchen. (Fox News/Alex Vros)
“The Treasury has launched a number of actions aimed at different revenue flows, benefiting the cartels, including theft, human smuggling, extortion and fraud,” the Treasury said. “Since the Treasury and its partners seek to thwart the flow of cartels, it is important to remind the active owners of the Taimhares in Mexico: if the unwanted offer of buying or rental seems too good to be true, it probably is.”
The Treasury added: “Those who are considering the purchase of temporary time in Mexico must carry out a proper verification.”
Officials said the cartels based in Mexico aimed at the owners of US temporary centers through the call centers in Mexico, which operate television markets in free English.
Officials said that since 2012, CJng took control of Timeshare fraud scheme in Puert -Walhaart, Jalisz, Mexico and the surrounding area.
Sales are often focused on elderly Americans, “who can lose live savings,” the officials have been warned, adding that the life cycle of fraudsters “in recent years, which will lead to the financial and emotional destruction of the victims, enriching cartels like CJng.”
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Officials said the cartels usually receive information about the owners of American Taimhars in Mexico with “accompanies of insiders at Timeshare resorts”.
“After receiving information about the owners of the Taimhar, the cartels, through your call centers, contact the victims by phone or e-mail and claim that Timeshare’s American brokers are based in the US,” the Treasury said.
Illustration of Timeshare’s property (Kurt “Cyberguy” Knutson)
Officials explained that fraud could include scams to leave the Times or rescue scams, the Timeshare re -facility and the Timeshare investment scams.
“The overall topic is that the victims are asked to pay in advance” fees “and” taxes “before receiving the money that they are allegedly borrowed,” the officials warned. “This money never comes, and the victims are constantly telling these” fees “and” taxes “with the help of international wires in accounts held in Mexican banks and brokerage houses.”
Timeshare Terron leaves a pensioner in a pair of $ 50,000 in a hole after the scammers
After the initial scams, officials warn that “a re -quiz” may occur “.
In July 2024, the Financial Crime Network of the Ministry of Finance and the FBI delivered jointly leaving Timeshare fraud, related to cartels and criminal organizations.
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Six months after this Fincen message received more than 250 posts about suspicious actions, and the fillers reported about 1300 transactions totaling $ 23.1 million, mainly from the US based in the US in Mexico’s counterparty.
Based on Fincen analysis, the victims of the US fraud sent an average of $ 28,912 and an average of $ 10,000 for the transaction of suspected fraudsters since July 2024.
The FBI says about 6,000 US victims reported that they had lost nearly $ 300 million between 2019 and 2023 in Timeshare fraud scheme in Mexico. But officials said the figure “probably underestimated the total losses because the FBI believes that the vast majority of victims do not report a scam because of other reasons.”
