Federal prosecutors say Christian Felipe Rodriguez Peraza and his wife, Brenda Tamayo Corona, helped run a timeshare-resale scam that preyed on Americans who owned property on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
The pitch was that a buyer had already been found. The catch was always another fee, tax, or government payment before the victims could collect. Prosecutors say the group allegedly impersonated officials and used real lawyers’ identities to make the stories look legitimate.
The alleged loss: more than $40 million, much of it from older Americans. Rodriguez and Tamayo were arrested in France and extradited to the United States this week.
They are charged with wire-fraud and money-laundering conspiracies. These are allegations, not convictions.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, September 2, 2026
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