Rita Ortiz, 58, arrested for filing false liens totaling $24.6M on 13 homes, falsely claiming to be a licensed real estate consultant.

Rita Ortiz, 58, was arrested by the LAPD on 25 counts of filing false documents after allegedly placing multimillion-dollar liens on homes in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and Riverside County. She claimed to be a real estate consultant through Ortiz Consulting LLC and a nonprofit, "Make Your Dreams Come True," but was not licensed. Authorities say she filed liens for services never performed, including cleaning, totaling at least $24.6 million across 13 properties, with one lien reaching $98.5 million. The investigation is ongoing, and Ortiz is held on $700,000 bail.