Sycira Ortiz-Coronado allegedly tricked victims through a fake Craiglist ad, persuading them to invest in a phony real estate company.A 32-year-old woman from Cypress was arrested after allegedly tricking victims she lured through Craigslist into investing in a phony real estate company, according to the Houston Police Department.
On Monday, at about 2:30 p.m., Ortiz-Coronado was pulled over by police after a manager at Conn's Appliance store reportedly recognized her coming in with multiple people. Court documents show she met her victims at the Galleria Mall and convinced them to open a line of credit at Best Buy and Conn's Appliance store, saying she would run a credit report on the person to see if they qualified to invest.
The deal was that the "investors" would get their money back, and the Covenant House would allegedly get a tax write-off. Neither of these happened, and court records show the organization never received any donations.