In 2020, governments around the world lost their minds over an alleged virus. Their actions forced many citizens to consider leaving their country for another country they considered to be more suitable. To navigate the red tape and cultural landscape, many chose to use an immigration agent or lawyer in their destination country. For those considering Paraguay, agent Lorena Laterra appeared as an option. She has a website, the credentials, and the knowledge required to obtain Temporary or Permanent Residence in Paraguay. She also provides other services. I hired Ms. Laterra to assist me in obtaining Permanent Residence in mid 2022. Once Permanent Residence was obtained, I hired Ms. Laterra to help me obtain a phone plan, drivers license, a credit card, and two bank accounts. The purpose in the preceding was to, over time, create a case for naturalization. Once the case was ready,, Ms. Laterra would apply on my behalf. She would be paid an agreed fee at that time, payable over three staged payments. In the meantime, it was agreed that Ms. Laterra would make regular monthly payments on my phone plan and would receive the bank cards and credit card. She would then turn over all banking information to myself, and I could then manage and maintain the accounts myself through online banking. For the sake of brevity, what occurred is as follows: Using one excuse after another, the banking information and cards were never turned over to me. Proof of monthly payments to maintain the phone plan were never provided. Ms. Laterra then refused to share any information about my own file with me. According to Ms. Laterra, everything was fine, my bank account and credit cards were in order, she was making monthly payments on my phone plan as agreed, but my file was "unavailable", I was being unreasonable, and in fact she was extremely surprised and disappointed that I assumed anything untoward. Roughly concurrent to this time period, Ms. Laterra was hired to obtain Permanent Residency for my son. She took the required $5,000 USD solvency deposit from me, claimed to deposit in the designated bank, and maintained the Permanent Residence application was in progress, yet resolution was delayed. All beyond her control of course. Eventually, like in my case, everything stalled out, communication became poor, but according to Ms. Laterra, everything was "fine", I was being unreasonable, and she was in disbelief that I thought anything untoward might be in progress. In my son's case, however, Ms. Laterra provided "proof" that she had submitted my son's application for Permanent Residency and invited me to investigate on my own if I did not believe her. I did exactly that through another channel. The result was that Migration stated that no application for Permanent Residency under that name or number was ever registered in the Migrations system. Additionally, they stated that the signature on the document was a forgery, as confirmed by the named officer. The receipt (Tramite) also had my son's name but my passport information on it. A forgery unless proven otherwise. After finally contacting my bank in Paraguay, it was clear there were some major issues. Issues that Ms. Laterra declined to address. Issues that the bank would only discuss with me in person. I flew to Paraguay in early 2024 and with the assistance of an interpreter made the rounds. It was shocking. In my case, both of my bank accounts were drained, my credit card was maxed out, and I was in Collections. Additionally, there was never a single payment made towards my phone plan. In my son's case, an application for Permanent Residence was never submitted. The $5,000 USD solvency deposit was never deposited. I had simply endured years of lies, manipulations, gaslighting, forged documents, etc. And I learned that I was only one of many victims. I hired a lawyer and am case #3 against Ms. Lorena Laterra, my "trusted agent in Paraguay"