New Info Shows Michigan Couple Arrested In Mexico Shared Plans On Credit Card Dispute To Facebook Group

We've been talking about the couple arrested for fraud upon landing in Mexico, and while they maintain innocence, there is some new information coming to light.

The reason Christy and Paul Akeo were arrested was part of a fraud investigation in which Palace Resorts claims the couple defrauded the company. It came out the first day the case was in the news that the couple had American Express cancel charges and refund them on a chunk of change they disputed after a trip.

Internet sleuths were able to find more info on the whole thing, namely some comments from the wife, Christy Akeo, that shed light on more of the story.

First off, this post has been shared around, showing her offering to help people get out of their timeshare membership with no negative impact to your credit, and she says she's helped thousands of people.

Here's one of her explaining how to lie and tell your credit card company to not have to pay monthly payments to the resort.

Then, someone found Facebook posts from her listing her timeshare for sale, which is very much against the contracts, agreements, and rules of the resort.

The Palace Company has released a statement outlining their side of the story, explaining that in the term of their membership of the timeshare, "the couple made a total of 1,570 bookings, and carried out 18 membership upgrades, representing a cumulative investment of $1,409,850."

There's only 364 weeks in 7 years - so if they stayed for 7 years straight, they'd have around 364 bookings. The resort says they booked 4 times that 1,570 bookings.

They said that the case was now being handled by INTERPOL, and that the original warrant for their arrest was issued on August 8th, 2023.

Court records show that the couple filed for bankruptcy on August 29th, 2024. 

You can see the docket for their most recent bankruptcy by clicking the button below.

Read the report from their INTERPOL arrest here:

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