Julia Torres Hernández, former executive director of the Puerto Rico Housing Development and Improvement Administration (ADMV), filed complaints with the FBI and three other agencies after an investigation by Rayos X and the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI) found her name, signature and Social Security number on 2002 certifications used to transfer public land in several Puerto Rico towns. The investigation identified suspicious transactions in more than 20 towns.
The document contains a signature I do not recognize as mine and my Social Security number, whose use or disclosure I never authorized,
"The document contains a signature I do not recognize as mine and my Social Security number, whose use or disclosure I never authorized," Torres Hernández said in a statement. She "categorically" rejected any participation or consent in preparing, signing or using it. The complaints went to the Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General, the FBI’s San Juan office, the Puerto Rico Office of the Inspector General and the Housing Department, to determine whether crimes of document forgery, identity theft or other illegal acts occurred.
One certification, dated May 9, 2002, sells a 7,200-square-meter parcel in the Palmas Altas community, bordering the maritime-terrestrial zone, to Mirian Pérez Colón for $38,000. It reached the Property Registry only in March 2025, nearly 23 years later. Nine days after registration, Pérez Colón sold the land for $45,000 to Genesis Land LLC, represented by her son, Miguel Ángel Álvarez Pérez; months later it was split into seven lots.
Law 132 of 1975, which the certification invokes, reserves such titles for families living on the lot with no other home, yet the document calls the buyer an owner and San Juan resident. The Housing Department said it has not found the transaction in its records. Álvarez Pérez attributed the transactions to his advisers and did not respond directly to Torres Hernández’s statements.