Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest in Spain of NESTOR NUÑEZ, a/k/a “Salvador Molina,” on December 28, 2022, on fraud charges and the surrender of RAMON PEREZ on January 6, 2023, on fraud and money laundering charges. The Government is seeking NUÑEZ’s extradition from Spain. PEREZ was presented earlier today before United States Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn. On December 14, 2022, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced criminal charges against FRANCISLEY DA SILVA, JUAN TACURI, and ANTONIA PEREZ HERNANDEZ in United States v. Francisley da Silva, et al., 22 Cr. 622 (AT). Along with PEREZ and NUÑEZ, all of these defendants were promoters of the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme known as Forcount. The Silva matter has been assigned to United States District Judge Analisa Torres.
As alleged in the unsealed S2 Superseding Indictment and the unsealed S3 Superseding Indictment:[1]
PEREZ defrauded Forcount’s victim-investors (“Victims”) and then sought to conceal his fraud by laundering Victim funds through shell companies and by making large personal expenditures, including on real estate.
In or about 2018, at the direction of SILVA, NUÑEZ began presenting himself as Forcount’s CEO under the alias “Salvador Molina.” In reality, NUÑEZ was an actor paid by SILVA to promote Forcount.
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PEREZ, 40, of Orlando,…
