On August 13, 2025, the OFAC sanctioned four Mexican individuals and 13 Mexican companies linked to timeshare fraud led by the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). According to the Treasury, CJNG is considered one of the most powerful cartels in the world.
CJNG is a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) with drug trafficking as its core source of revenue. According to the Treasury, CJNG is increasingly supplementing its drug trafficking proceeds with alternative revenue streams such as timeshare fraud and fuel theft. These Mexico-based cartels have been targeting U.S. owners of timeshares through call centers in Mexico staffed by telemarketers fluent in English.
As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the designated or blocked persons that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked.
Read the Treasury’s announcement here.