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US Sanctions Mexican Drug Cartel Associates Accused of Scamming Elderly Americans

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned four individuals and 13 companies linked to CJNG for defrauding nearly 6,000 Americans of $300 million through timeshare scams since 2012.

  • The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on over a dozen Mexican companies and four individuals accused of scamming elderly Americans in a multimillion-dollar timeshare fraud scheme.
  • These sanctions aim to prevent Americans from engaging in business with the cartel associates and block their assets within the U.S.
  • From 2012, officials documented that $23.1 million was sent from mostly U.S. people to the scammers in Mexico through fraudulent timeshare schemes.
  • U.S. President Donald Trump stated, "We will continue our effort to completely eradicate the cartels’ ability to generate revenue.
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Following the sanction imposed by the U.S. government on four people and 13 Mexican companies linked to the time-sharing fraud led by the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department announced who are the high-ranking members of this criminal organization involved in the scam.According to U.S. authorities, this criminal scheme is linked to the tourism industry and the business sec…

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For more than 13 years, the C rtel Jalisco has maintained a scheme of fraud of shared times in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. As operates.

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The United States sanctioned four individuals and thirteen Mexican companies on Wednesday linked to a criminal network allegedly led by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) that was dedicated to defrauding U.S. citizens with vacation-share properties in…

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The Washington Post broke the news in on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
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