A Costa Rican citizen accused of fraudulent administration identified as Elizabeth Ramírez was arrested Sunday in the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California, according to a statement released yesterday by the international police agency Interpol.
Ramírez, 44, allegedly routed ¢36 million ($69,230) in checks from accounts of the Organization of Regional Agricultural Health ( OIRSA) to her personal accounts while she worked as the organization's financial manager from 1998 to 2002.
She entered the U.S. city of Houston on a tourist visa in 2002, the statement said. Interpol learned that she was residing in Los Angeles, where she ran a cell phone business and allegedly used a false identification card that said she was from Mexico.
She is in custody of immigration authorities and faces deportation to Costa Rica. |
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