Mariela Collazo Rodríguez, a 47-year-old woman, was charged with abusing an elderly person, aggravated illegal appropriation, fraud, illegal identity appropriation, and illegal possession of credit and debit cards. ^[1] The Economic Crimes Division of the Department of Justice filed 321 charges against Mariela Collazo Rodríguez for abusing an elderly person and stealing over $61,000. ^[2] The Puerto Rico Department of Justice, through Justice Secretary Lourdes Gómez Torres, announced on a Tuesday that the Fiscal Office filed 321 charges against Mariela Collazo Rodríguez, a 47-year-old woman, for allegedly defrauding a 94-year-old woman of more than $61,000. ^[3] Collazo Rodríguez accessed the victim's secret debit card number and made 319 unauthorized transactions between May and August 2025. ^[4] The suspect allegedly targeted her 94-year-old neighbor in Cidra, who had recently become a widow, and gained her trust to access her bank account. ^[5] Investigation details established that Mariela Collazo Rodríguez was the neighbor of the victim and helped her with errands, a relationship that allowed her to obtain access to the victim's secret debit card number. ^[6] The unauthorized transactions totaled more than $44,000 in cash withdrawals from ATMs and approximately $13,000 in payments for goods and services at establishments in various municipalities. ^[7]