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Police arrested a 39-year-old man in Tegucigalpa on charges of defrauding vehicle owners who consigned cars for sale; he allegedly transferred titles to third parties without authorization and forged documents, facing at least 16 complaints.

A 27-year-old woman in Comayagua was arrested for fabricating her own abduction in November 2025 and demanding $10,000 from relatives to pay off personal debts; police detected inconsistencies in her initial report.

A 24-year-old in Choluteca reported losing L22,000 (about $880) in remittance money intended for home-construction materials when an elderly man used a sleight-of-hand trick to swap his cash for paper at a bank exit on June 17.

Police arrested two women accused of operating a smuggling scam that took $3,000–$4,000 from Hondurans seeking illegal passage to the United States, then failed to deliver the promised services, with some victims waiting years for help that never came.

A judge issued a formal processing order with substitute measures against Daniel Alejandro Méndez on charges of misappropriation and unlawful retention and falsification of public documents, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 23.

Four suspects have been sent to prison in connection with a computer fraud scheme that siphoned more than 2 million lempiras (roughly $80,000) from a company.

A judge scheduled June 9 for the ruling in the initial hearing against three former San Pedro Sula municipal officials, including the mayor's son-in-law, accused of money laundering, bribery, and fraud in a scheme that prosecutors say caused losses exceeding 45.5 million lempiras.

A judge scheduled a June 9 preliminary-hearing ruling on whether to send three former San Pedro Sula municipal officials — including the son-in-law of Mayor Roberto 'El Pollo' Contreras — to trial on charges of money laundering, influence peddling, and fraud tied to road contracts worth over 45.5 million lempiras (about $1.8 million) that prosecutors say were never lawfully executed.

Honduras's Public Prosecutor's Office dismantled a criminal network accused of cyber fraud against a company, stealing more than two million lempiras (about $80,000).