Fraud Suspect Captured in Miami Returned to Quintana Roo After Two Escapes

Cancún, Quintana Roo — A man accused of defrauding victims in Quintana Roo with a bad check worth 1.5 million pesos has been arrested in the United States and returned to Mexico after twice giving authorities the slip.

The suspect, identified as Theojaris Miguel V. M., allegedly used Grupo Metsva S.A. de C.V., the company where he worked and which is owned by his parents, to pose as a person of financial means. According to the case against him, he used that appearance of solvency to buy and sell luxury vehicles and real estate that did not belong to him, including units at Maoris Towers.

One of his alleged victims reported him in April 2020 after receiving a 1.5-million-peso check that bounced for lack of funds.

Theojaris Miguel then fled to the United States, where U.S. authorities located him after Interpol issued a red notice against him. He filed a legal appeal to block his extradition and was fitted with an electronic ankle monitor while the case proceeded, but he removed the device and went on the run again.

He was arrested a second time in Miami, Florida, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

According to Mexico’s National Registry of Detentions, U.S. immigration authorities handed him over to the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (FGR) in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Officials there contacted Quintana Roo authorities, who traveled to the border city and transferred him back to the state.

He was handed over to Quintana Roo authorities at 1 p.m. Monday and was booked into the Cereso prison in Cancún in the early hours of Tuesday.

Although the bounced check triggered his arrest, investigators believe he may be responsible for roughly 10 other fraud cases.