OC treasurer arrested for siphoning nonprofit funds to pay mortgage
Prosecutors allege that between 2023 and November 2025, Molina exploited her role as treasurer of the Aliso Niguel High School football booster club, a nonprofit created to financially support the school’s football programme in Laguna Hills, California.
Without the organisation’s knowledge or authorisation, she allegedly redirected funds from the club’s bank account to cover her own personal liabilities.
The mortgage connection
In June 2023, Molina reportedly wired approximately $131,523 from the booster club’s Laguna Hills bank account through Federal Reserve facilities in New Jersey and Texas to an account in Santa Ana, a transaction prosecutors say was made to eliminate the delinquent balance on her home mortgage.
The remaining funds were allegedly diverted to pay credit card debt and other personal expenses, bringing the total misappropriation to approximately $411,761, according to the US Department of Justice.
To conceal the transfers, Molina allegedly sent board members falsified treasurer reports, documents that omitted any reference to her withdrawals.
