American retirees in Mexico say their life savings vanished from a Mexican bank.
Lindsey Bomnin, Didi Martinez and Vicky Nguyen
"I was speechless," said Kathy Machir, 67, recalling the moment she found out she had roughly 40 cents left in her account."It just gives you a sense of ultimate betrayal, loss, horror…"Lani Van Petten is another Monex client who saw her money disappear in December of last year. She is the aunt of Marcela Zavala Taylor, the former banker accused of stealing money from several accounts in the San Miguel area.
The Kargers and various other individuals say that Taylor's family is well-known in the area. Her father, Manuel Zavala, was once the town's mayor and her mother was an American. This, they say, contributed to their trust in Taylor. Taylor's parents are not accused of any wrongdoing. Kelly and Jim Karger moved to San Miguel de Allende from Dallas more than 18 years ago. They said they found out that nearly all the money they had put away through Monex was gone when Jim visited a Monex branch in the city of Quer?taro last December."She became harder to find, which was never the case," Jim Karger said."Getting money was more difficult."
However, it wasn't just regular clients who had allegedly lost money at the hands of Taylor, but family too.
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