SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Zuleika Molina-Orozco, former comptroller of a not-for-profit sports and social club located at a resort in Humacao, Puerto Rico was sentenced Nov. 7, 2024, to 37 months in prison for a wire fraud scheme as the result of a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Juan case.
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. 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.
The defendant plead guilty to all eight counts on April 4, 2024. Molina-Orozco was ordered to pay restitution of $1,100,283.36, which corresponds to the money she obtained from the fraud scheme.
U.S. Attorney of the District of Puerto Rico W. Stephen Muldrow and Special Agent in Charge of HSI San Juan Rebecca C. González-Ramos made the announcement.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott H. Anderson prosecuted the case.