Mexico City's Attorney General's Office (FGJ-CDMX) says it has obtained 76 arrest warrants across three typical kinds of fraud in the city: investment, real estate and fake services. Prosecutor Bertha Alcalde Luján presented the figures in the October 2026 security report, El Universal reports, saying the office is prioritising fraud by companies or people with hundreds or even thousands of victims.
The numbers. According to El Universal, investment fraud accounts for 14 cases, 1,980 identified victims and 66 arrest warrants. Real estate fraud, involving the sale or rental of properties that do not exist or belong to someone else, accounts for six cases, 222 victims and seven warrants. Fake services fraud adds three cases, 169 victims and three warrants.
MetaXchange in focus. The biggest named case is MetaXchange Capital, with alleged fraud of about 181 million pesos, 293 investigations and 358 identified victims, according to El Universal. Prosecutors have executed 17 arrest warrants and three suspects are in pretrial detention. 88.9 Noticias adds that 15 people have been formally ordered to stand trial. Actress Sandra Echeverría had publicly accused the firm in February of withholding clients' money and not paying returns for 18 months, El Financiero reported; she claimed the firm took in more than 2 billion pesos in deposits, a figure far above the prosecutors' estimate.
How it allegedly worked. El Financiero reported in April that founder and CEO Nazaret 'N' was arrested during a search in Polanco. According to Alcalde Luján, the firm offered high returns backed by formal contracts, offices and bank accounts; early clients were paid, which drew in more investors, until payments stopped.
We detected that the funds came from money contributed by new victims, which constitutes a Ponzi or pyramid-type scheme. — Bertha Alcalde Luján, quoted by El Financiero
Other cases. In Strategic Capital Agency, which allegedly raised money through financial advisers promising above-market returns, El Universal reports eight warrants executed and eight suspects in pretrial detention; 88.9 Noticias puts executed warrants at seven, with eight trial orders and one person facing extradition. In BRAJ, El Universal cites 30 million pesos, 57 investigations and 68 victims, with one woman, María 'N', detained. In XY Booster, with 302 investigations, one suspect is in pretrial detention and other warrants are pending.
Why it matters
Connecting the dots. Prosecutors say the results come from a new agency for multiple-victim fraud and a Criminal Analysis Unit that links investigations instead of handling each complaint in isolation. Alcalde Luján urged victims of the four firms to come forward to strengthen the cases.
- Be wary of returns well above the market, even with contracts and offices.
- Early payouts do not prove an investment is legitimate.
- If payments stop without explanation, file a complaint and keep all records.
Sources: El Universal (Yahoo), 88.9 Noticias, El Financiero
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