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The wife of Seattle Mariners outfielder Carlos Peguero is facing federal
wire-fraud charges for allegedly using a debit card belonging to the wife of
star pitcher Felix Hernandez to make nearly $180,000 in online purchases,
according to sources and court documents.
水手隊外野手Carlos Peguero的老婆Maria Jacqueline Peguero
被控盜刷隊友Felix Hernandez老婆的現金卡線上消費近180000鎂
Maria Jacqueline Peguero is charged in U.S. District Court in Tacoma with
three counts of wire fraud, which carries a possible penalty of up to 20
years in prison.
可能面臨最高20年徒刑
Maria Peguero has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is free on bond and
under the supervision of federal community Pre-Trial Services, according to
the court docket.
Maria Peguero不認罪
The charges were filed by the U.S. Secret Service on Oct. 1 and allege that
Maria Peguero used a debit card belonging to Sandra Hernandez to have nearly
$180,000 in merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue delivered to her Fife
apartment between June 26, 2012 and Oct. 9, 2012.
盜刷事件發生在2012/6/26 - 2012/10/9
The complaint does not identify Hernandez or his wife by name. However, a
source familiar with the investigation, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
confirmed their identities.
Randy Adamack, the Mariners’ senior vice president for communications, said
team officials are “aware of this pending police matter, but are not in a
position to discuss it further.”
水手隊有關注此事件 但不予置評
Hernandez, affectionately known as “King Felix,” is the Mariners’ $19
million-a-year starting pitcher and winner of a Cy Young Award.
Peguero, 26, signed with the Mariners in 2005. He has spent the past three
seasons splitting his time between the Mariners and their AAA Tacoma farm
club. He played in just two major league games this past season, and 118 in
Tacoma, where he batted .260 with 19 home runs and 83 RBIs.
Maria Peguero, 22, is the youngest daughter of the late Pedro Borbon, who
played major league baseball for 12 seasons — 10 for Cincinnati — as an
acclaimed relief pitcher.
Maria Peguero’s federal public defender, Colin Fieman, was not working
Friday and did not return a telephone message left at his office.
The charges, filed by U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Ashleigh Audley,
allege that Saks Fifth Avenue in New York began to scrutinize a series of
online purchases made with a Morgan Stanley debit card through an account
belonging to a “Jackie Peguero” because the billing and shipping addresses
were different.
In addition to the charges, agents also executed a search warrant at the
Pegueros’ Fife apartment and seized dozens of items, according to court
records.
The Secret Service oversees the federal cybercrime task force.
There were more than 60 transactions in all, ranging from a few hundred
dollars to more than $11,000. On some days, as many as five separate
purchases were made, according to a list contained in the complaint.
The charges say Morgan Stanley bank reimbursed the victims after the fraud
was discovered.
According to the court documents, Maria Peguero “spent two or three days”
at the Hernandezes’ Bellevue home in May 2012 while Felix Hernandez was
away. The Mariners had a long away stretch in the middle of the month,
playing in New York, Boston, Cleveland and Denver.
According to the complaint, Sandra Hernandez told investigators she and
Peguero shopped online during that time. The complaint indicates that
Hernandez asked Peguero for help “due to [Hernandez’s] limited
understanding of the English language.” Hernandez told investigators that
Peguero had access to her credit cards during that time.
Sandra Hernandez因為英文不好請Maria Peguero幫助線上購物
沒想到卻引狼入室
According to the investigation, Maria Peguero is associated with an email
address, versacegoldbarbie@yahoo.com, that was later traced to a Twitter
account on which agents found photographs of Peguero wearing some of the
items they believe were purchased illegally from Saks.
In one, Peguero is sitting next to a Gucci handbag identical to one purchased
from Saks through the Hernandez account for $1,750.
According to the complaint, the purchases went on for more than three months,
during which time Peguero contacted Sandra Hernandez to ask if she ever
reviewed her debit-card statements. Hernandez told Peguero “that she did not
usually review the bills because their finances were managed by a third party,
” according to the complaint.
Carlos Peguero told investigators that he was unaware of his wife’s alleged
purchases, the documents say.
The documents say Maria Peguero was arrested in 2010 by police in Edinburg,
Texas, for allegedly shoplifting a number of items from a local TJ Maxx
store. By agreement, the government and Peguero’s attorney have waived her
right to a speedy trial in the current case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen
Strombom gave the government until Dec. 30 to seek an indictment by the grand
jury.
Maria Peguero在2010曾因偷竊被逮