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CARTEL CAPTAIN PINCHED: Senior CJNG Member Indicted for Massive Timeshare Fraud

The boys in blue just dropped the hammer on a high-profile cartel player, fam. Julio Cesar Montero Pinzon, aka El Tarjetas, and his half-sister Griselda Margarita Arredondo Pinzon are lookin' at some serious charges πŸŽ–. These CJNG OGs were runnin’ a slick timeshare fraud scheme that duped thousands of Americans outta millions. According to the indictment, they’ve been playin’ this long con since 2012, takin' folks for all kinds of up-front fees with empty promises of big payouts. Instead of getting their money back, victims were left high and dry πŸ™. The fraud scheme was so elaborate it even had follow-up scams where the crooks pretended to be lawyers or government officials to squeeze more cash outta the same marks. Attorney General Pamela Bondi laid it down: "This senior leader of a foreign terrorist organization allegedly defrauded innocent citizens to fuel terrorism against the American people. The CJNG and other cartels are on notice: no scheme, plot, or conspiracy will evade the reach of this Justice Department." If convicted, both Montero Pinzon and Arredondo Pinzon face up to 20 years in federal lockup for each count.