PERSONAL ASSISTANT SENTENCED TO 48 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR MASSIVE FRAUD SCHEME TARGETING HER ELDERLY EMPLOYERS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Catalina Corona was sentenced by United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis to 48 months' imprisonment for wire fraud in connection with a long running scheme to defraud her elderly employers. As part of her sentence, Corona was also ordered to pay $9.6 million in forfeiture.Corona pleaded guilty to the charge in April 2026.

Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and James C. Barnacle, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office (FBI), announced the ...