Overview
- Nazaret “N” was linked to process in a Mexico City court on Friday, with a judge ordering a three-month supplemental investigation and, according to one account, preventive detention.
- Investigators say MetaXchange promised up to 15% monthly returns and used money from new clients to pay earlier investors, then halted payouts, which is the core pattern of a Ponzi scheme.
- Official tallies cite more than 120 formal complaints and at least 150 million pesos in losses, while some reports from victims describe far higher sums and more than a thousand people affected.
- After her mid-April arrest in Polanco, Nazaret released a pre-recorded video denying fraud, claiming notarized proof of payments, and announcing counterclaims against actress Sandra Echeverría for alleged extortion, organized crime, and moral damages.
- Echeverría says she has not been formally notified of any extortion case and credits the court’s ruling as validation of the evidence against MetaXchange, as authorities continue forensic reviews of accounts and documents and pursue related arrests.