Overview
- Karyna María Alvarado Ríos returned home July 29 after nine days hospitalized for a suicide attempt and remains under investigation without formal indictment.
- The Juzgado Nacional en lo Criminal y Correccional N°57 executed a judge’s order to seize her mobile phone and personal items for forensic examination in expediente 36862/2025.
- Prosecutors are probing whether her resale of employee airline tickets from carriers like Iberia and Lufthansa operated as a Ponzi-style scheme.
- More than 300 travelers have filed formal complaints and are coordinating online groups to demand restitution of funds lost in the alleged fraud.
- Her newly appointed defense team has reviewed evidence and indicated it may pursue an extrajudicial settlement to resolve claimants’ demands.