Overview
- Julie Hanway Molina, 56, was arrested at her Aliso Viejo home on Thursday and charged in a four-count federal indictment that says she diverted about $411,761 from a nonprofit supporting an Aliso Niguel High School football program.
- Prosecutors allege the scheme began in 2023 and continued through November 2025, with a June 2023 wire of about $131,523 that they say paid the delinquent balance on Molina’s personal mortgage.
- The indictment says Molina used her role as volunteer treasurer to move money from the organization’s account and then emailed board members falsified treasurer reports to hide the transactions.
- If convicted on the wire-fraud counts she faces up to 20 years in prison per count and prosecutors are seeking forfeiture or substitute assets, including a $1.4 million Aliso Viejo home identified in the indictment.
- The alleged theft raises questions for the Wolverines Football Club and other booster groups about financial oversight, and the case remains under investigation with an initial federal court appearance in Santa Ana pending.