Las Vegas woman accused of drugging, defrauding older men in a deadly romance scheme
The FBI is looking for more victims Aurora Phelpsa woman charged in Nevada allegedly tempted several men to date Mexico, cheer them up and steal their financial information.
Nevada U.S. District Court.
Phelps, 43, also known as Aurora Flores, Aurora Velasco and Aurora Alvarez, has been linked to at least two deaths and one disappearance, according to court documents filed in October 2023. She was accused of being friends with older men she met online or online and sometimes taking drugs, thus gaining opportunities for a bank, social security or retirement account.
FBI asks victims of alleged romantic scams to come forward
The FBI released a press release on Friday Ask other possible victims to step up Prosecutors filed a motion to indictment earlier this month. The bureau legally requires that all identities of the victims of federal crimes it investigates, but all identities of the victims Will be kept confidentialit said.
Investigators posted several photos of Phelps, including screenshots of the dating app Tinder, showing the long brown-haired woman with short words on it, partially saying: “I’m looking for friends. There are no fake people.”
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The unsealed indictment of the Nevada grand jury accused Phelps of wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, identity theft and kidnapping. Phelps was detained in Mexico in September 2023. The motion to initiateshe is still in the extradition of the United States
FBI special agent Spencer Evans described the allegations as “a romantic scam for steroids.” CBS member Class Report.
Aurora Phelps’ alleged victim
Phelps allegedly met with a victim on an online dating service in July 2021 and dated him over the next two months as she “trying to convince him to go with her.” Mexico” Phelps allegedly met with a victim on an online dating service.
Phelps met him at his home in November 2021, where they ordered lunch for delivery, and she allegedly “makes him consume prescription medication without knowing and agreeing” . She allegedly left the senior man over the next five days or so, mostly unconscious, stole his iPhone, iPad, driver’s license and bank card and used the information to sell his Apple shares (worth about $3.3 million worth of it). ) electronic trade. But she was unable to delete the money from his account, the indictment said.
In 2022, Phelps met another old man online. The man then met Phelps in person at a restaurant in Las Vegas, where she allegedly gave him medications and other substances “make him sleepy and confused.” The indictment said.
She was once again accused of using his American Express credit card, affecting him to fly with her to Mexico City and using his Wells Fargo card to rent a hotel room. Prosecutors said that a few days later, Phelps did not return to the United States, the second victim who died in the hotel.
In addition to credit card use, Phelps allegedly transferred $7,000 from the victim’s Capital One account, purchased a motorcycle, and transferred two other wire transfers to about $1,530 to his account and Her husband received $2,319. Phelps also allegedly changed the victim’s social security account password.
Court documents detail the third victim in December 2021, when the fraudster allegedly encountered a third victim at the Hard Rock Hotel in Guadalajara, Mexico.
“She left the hotel with him, causing him to disappear,” the indictment reads.
Prosecutors said that in the following year, Phelps transferred the third victim’s monthly Social Security payments to itself and steadily from the victim’s “By buying and withdrawing money from the ATMs” Make money in a bank account. She was also accused of occupying BMW, allegedly trying to make herself a beneficiary of the victim’s union retirement account.
The last victim listed in the federal indictment was found dead on the bathroom floor in Guadalajara, Mexico, the second time prosecutors claim he dated Phelps around May 30, 2022 sky.
Following the same pattern as other victims, Phelps is accused of stealing or attempting to access them from the ultimate victim’s account, including purchasing using one of his accounts. APMEX Gold coins she allegedly mailed to her house.
CBS News has contacted the FBI for more information. It is not clear whether Phelps is representative and her introduction to Nevada is also underway.
Prosecutors said Phelps would face a maximum statutory sentence if convicted.
