Local Ajijic Developer Arrested

Sorry, I couldn’t post the link but you can google the article from Azteca Jalisco news publication.

Detienen a presunto estafador inmobiliario en Ajijic

Here is google translation from here,   https://www.aztecajalisco.com/policiaca/detienen-presunto-estafador-inmobiliario-ajijic

Omar "N" was denounced as a scammer, who gained the trust of the people and then did his thing with inhabitants of the Ribera de Chapala.
June 30, 2022 09:06 a.m.  

This is Omar "N" a pseudo businessman who operates in Ajijic in the Ribera de Chapala, allegedly has turned out to be a scammer deceives and embezzles Americans with Mexican residence . They invested their capital in the region, especially in real estate, with the aim of increasing their capital.

The alleged fraudsters tell their associates that the profits will enter an investment house, but they never enter and the profits do not arrive either. After seeing large losses, the victims broke their silence and denounced the scam, where their capital has been lost.

“They, with the real estate agency, do the part of creating the properties and then subsequent administration until then, everything goes well, and when the issue of accountability begins is when it gets stuck, they simply contribute the capital, but they have no possibility of recovering it; They make them believe that their money is not given to them because it is generating more money, money that is being capitalized, and at the end of the day, as the years go by, you realize that all the money is available for their benefit,” says Wilfredo Chávez, a lawyer. of the victims.

Four affected are reported after the scam
So far , four affected people have been identified and will file complaints, because they have been threatened. As a result of this, the ministerial authority issued an arrest warrant on June 25, in addition to a search of the home of Lerma "N" as well as the offices where he carried out the alleged fraud.

At the time of the arrest, he tried to flee and collided with a police unit. After the chase they arrested him and found a firearm for the exclusive use of the Mexican army and cartridges.

“He is a person who takes justice for himself, the law is what he dictates, he can obviously be armed, imagine how the client is in this case. They have received threats from people who have come to their house armed,” says Wilfredo Chávez, the victims' lawyer.

He is currently in justified preventive detention . This Thursday will be the process bonding hearing. The Jalisco prosecutor's office reported that the investigations are still ongoing and they cannot give statements in this regard so as not to affect them.

Here is screen shot frozen from Azteca TV.    

Here is link to FB video of TV story with closed captions in English
https://www.facebook.com/AZTECAJALISCO/videos/1449999862129479

I believe Omar owns that whole Raddison Blue construction project and the apartment complex attached to it.

Yes that is correct. Omar O’rourke was arrested and detained.

Both the apartment complex and the Radisson Blue project has been a total failure for him. I guess he got desperate. Surprised to hear he was armed.

I am stunned, I have known him and his family for my 35 years Lakeside, fortunately I never invested with them...after they sold Lloyds to Actinver, I moved my investment back to USA

I don't think Omar was involved in the banking business but I suppose it will be "guilty by association" in the eyes of many of their customers.