Glamorous reporter arrested amid alleged $146 million tax fraud
TV host Inés Gómez Mont, 43, was detained by police in Miami, Florida, on Friday after being wanted by Mexican authorities for half a decade.
TL;DR
- Inés Gómez Mont, a 43-year-old Mexican TV host, was arrested in Miami, Florida.
- She is wanted by Mexican authorities for alleged involvement in a $146 million tax fraud case.
- Accusations include organized crime, money laundering, and diverting funds from public contracts using shell companies.
- Gómez Mont has denied all wrongdoing, asserting her innocence on social media.
- She and her husband, Víctor Manuel Álvarez Puga, have been evading authorities since 2021.
- Interpol had previously issued an international arrest warrant, which was later controversially lifted.
- Her husband, reportedly nicknamed 'King of the Invoice Mills,' was previously detained in Miami.
- If convicted, Gómez Mont and her husband could face 20 to 60 years in prison.