The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California entered a final judgment as to Bernardo Mendia-Alcaraz, his private equity firm, Toltec Capital LLC, and two relief defendants, in connection with a 2024 offering fraud case in which the defendants raised approximately $3.3 million from investors by making false and misleading statements. According to the complaint, Mendia-Alcaraz used investor funds to make Ponzi-like payments to other investors and for personal expenses.