A woman, her partner and daughter are being investigated in the United States for a $9.5 million fraud. The victims? They are migrants. Due to the strong complaint, the FBI joined the case.
Noticias Telemundo reported that the identified individuals are Marina, Charles and Crystal Brooks.
In a recent lawsuit, Marina Brooks denied the allegations.
According to the aforementioned media, the three members of this family “face two federal charges, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.”
Defrauded migrants
The Brooks “are accused of convincing about a hundred Latinos, who did not speak English, to invest in their projects, causing them to lose millions of dollars.”
Marina, Crystal and Charles are from Texas and according to the news network, more than a hundred people have been interviewed by the FBI.
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Investments with artist holograms
If they are really guilty, they have been defrauding migrants for the past nine years.
According to FBI documents, “between 2014 and 2023, the three defendants fraudulently obtained at least $9.5 million from at least 100 investing victims.”
They reported this in Telemundo News Among the ‘projects’ they offered ‘were investments in cryptocurrencies and hologram concerts with artists such as the Mexican idol Pedro Infante.”
There are alleged to be documents from Marina Brooks, containing details of her meetings with investors.
The FBI highlighted that Marina Brooks communicated in 2016 that the investment in Pedro Infante’s concerts would be “transferred and reinvested” in a similar – holographic – project with singer James Brown.
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Another point
An alleged victim reported that Marina Brooks told him how he could make $100 to $200 daily if he invested in a G1 Nesten cryptocurrency machine.
That person lost at least $190,000 and stated that he had made “more than 50 investments.”
An undercover agent, they explained, came to Marina and gave her “$12,000 for various projects” in May of this past.
They emphasized that the check was deposited into an account belonging to the Brooks spouses.
According to what was investigated, within a week the Brooks allegedly used that money “for unrelated businesses, travel purchases, cell phone payments and to pay off loans.”
The three pleaded not guilty, Telemundo noted on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. (JO)
Source: Eluniverso
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