In June 2019, a woman with a Venezuelan passport walked into a lawyer's office in Boko

Riton, Florida.

Here's our colleague, Conrad Prucea.

So this woman, according to the passport, is married to this former Venezuelan state

oil executive who's been accused of all sorts of corruption and taking bribes and was

indicted in the US and actually pleaded guilty.

But the woman's passport was fake.

She was posing as the former oil executive's wife.

This Venezuelan former executive owns a luxury apartment in one of the most exclusive apartment

buildings in the Miami area.

And she's here at this lawyer's office to take at a $3.5 million mortgage.

Like, I own the property, give me a loan here.

Yeah.

And she just walks in, says, here's my passport.

I own this apartment.

My name's on the deed.

Then they sit down, go over the document, sign everything.

And less than an hour later, this one walks out $3.5 million richer.

She got the loan.

And it was just the beginning of a year-long crime spree, totaling nearly $10 million.

Their victims, they own these incredibly valuable homes and cars in Miami, but they can't

physically be in Miami for various reasons.

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