Suspect of 10 million South Florida fraud, caught before making a one -sided flight to Israel, Federates say

Miami -The accountant, suspected of deception of South Florida companies of $ 10 million, was arrested because she was about to sit on one side in Israel, according to a federal criminal complaint.

Hawa Ifra-Astin, 58 years old, from Khallandel’s beach, was taken into custody on Tuesday, showing prison records.

The authorities said she was caught at Miami’s International Airport when she tried to fly to Tel -Aaviv on the Israeli passport.

According to the complaint, yfrah-austin managed a company called Buagming Solutions today, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, registered The plantation and accounting for two unspecified companies on the basis of Miami Daida from 2001 until its release in April 2024.

It is accused of theft $ 10 million from “at least” 2018 to 2024.

Fraud was discovered after one of the owners revised the account “and noticed many transactions that he does not recognize legitimate,” – said a special agent with criminal investigation of internal income.

According to the complaint, she first confessed that she was stealing $ 170,000. She then confessed that she stolen $ 3 million after the owners found more fraud, the authorities said.

The complaint states that she used fake suppliers to transfer funds between the first company and the second company – and then to her account accounts today.

The authorities said that in December, eight months after his release, she sold her properties in Florida.

They said the agents learned on Sunday that she booked Tel -Aaviv flight and collided with her on the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Tuesday, where she “recognized, among other things, that she was a citizen of Israel and that she had no return ticket”

YFRAH-AUSTIN was taken to Brauard’s county, where it was kept at the Northern Brauard Bureau in Pompano-Beach as of Wednesday morning.

She faces fraud charges in the Mayai Federal Court. If he is sentenced, she could spend two decades in prison.