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Kindergarten teacher charged with bank, wire fraud
International scam allegedly run from address off El Cajon Boulevard
San Diegan Cristina Montijo has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.
She was originally charged in the Southern District of New York, but the case has been moved to federal court in San Diego.
WPIX, a TV station in New York, says that Montijo has been a kindergarten teacher in New York. However, she lives on Chamoune Avenue in San Diego, between El Cajon Boulevard and 46th Street, according to an affidavit by the New York detective who came up with the information leading to the charges.
Montijo is slick at fleecing people and moving money around the world, according to the detective's affidavit. The detective said Montijo's victims receive an email purported to be from the victim's attorney. The victim is told to wire a big sum (often well over $100,000) into an account at a bank or credit union in San Diego. However, the attorney's email address is off by one character. Some of the people receiving the notice checked with their attorneys and did not send the money, others did.
Some of the bank accounts are registered to Fountain Company. According to the affidavit, Fountain is listed at the Chamoune Avenue address. Montijo is the registered agent for Fountain.
According to the affidavit, Montijo wired large sums to bank accounts in Malaysia and South Africa. Malaysia is an offshore tax and secrecy haven.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Kindergarten teacher charged with bank, wire fraud
International scam allegedly run from address off El Cajon Boulevard
Kindergarten teacher charged with bank, wire fraud
International scam allegedly run from address off El Cajon Boulevard
San Diegan Cristina Montijo has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.
She was originally charged in the Southern District of New York, but the case has been moved to federal court in San Diego.
WPIX, a TV station in New York, says that Montijo has been a kindergarten teacher in New York. However, she lives on Chamoune Avenue in San Diego, between El Cajon Boulevard and 46th Street, according to an affidavit by the New York detective who came up with the information leading to the charges.
Montijo is slick at fleecing people and moving money around the world, according to the detective's affidavit. The detective said Montijo's victims receive an email purported to be from the victim's attorney. The victim is told to wire a big sum (often well over $100,000) into an account at a bank or credit union in San Diego. However, the attorney's email address is off by one character. Some of the people receiving the notice checked with their attorneys and did not send the money, others did.
Some of the bank accounts are registered to Fountain Company. According to the affidavit, Fountain is listed at the Chamoune Avenue address. Montijo is the registered agent for Fountain.
According to the affidavit, Montijo wired large sums to bank accounts in Malaysia and South Africa. Malaysia is an offshore tax and secrecy haven.
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