AUSTIN (KXAN) — Homeland Security Task Force extradited two Mexican nationals to the United States this week after being indicted in a federal court in San Antonio for allegedly running a $40 million timeshare resale fraud scheme, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.
According to the release, Christian Felipe Rodriguez Peraza, his wife Brenda Tamayo Corona, Michael Ian Hollands and Yorlena Alfonso Cuesta allegedly conspired to scam six U.S. citizens who owned timeshares on Mexico’s pacific coast. Court documents revealed that five of the six victims resided in Texas.
The indictment alleges the group, led by Rodriguez, told timeshare owners that their properties had been sold, but that proceeds could only be collected if the victims paid various taxes and fees in advance…