Consultant extradited to U.S. for Ex-Im Bank fraud

Regulatory/Trade

Monday, January 28, 2013

Manuel Ernesto Ortiz-Barraza, an independent financial consultant, was extradited to the United States from Mexico Friday for his alleged role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Export-Import Bank of over $2.5 million, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Ortiz-Barraza, 56, was charged in an indictment unsealed on Oct. 19, 2011, in the Western District of Texas with one count of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, three counts of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud for h...

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