FBI Arrests Orange County Booster Treasurer in $411,761 Football Club Fraud Case

Jimmy ParkerSeptember 12, 202613

FBI Arrives Early in Aliso Viejo

Federal agents arrested 56-year-old Julie Hanway Molina at her Aliso Viejo home Thursday morning after a federal indictment accused her of defrauding a nonprofit tied to the Aliso Niguel High School football program. According to the report, video shared on social media showed FBI agents and local law enforcement outside Molina’s home, with agents using a bullhorn and telling her to come out with her hands up. Molina then walked out the front door and was taken into custody. It is the kind of scene most families expect to see in a crime drama, not outside a Southern California home connected to a high school football booster club.

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Orange County woman arrested by FBI for stealing over $400K from a high school football team https://t.co/oT5UFVXM3W pic.twitter.com/2IIYXPhvBA

— California Post (@californiapost) September 10, 2026

Prosecutors Say the Football Club Lost More Than $400,000

Federal prosecutors allege Molina was the former treasurer of the Wolverine Football Club, a nonprofit organization that supports the Aliso Niguel High School football team, and that she used the group’s money for personal expenses. The indictment says the alleged scheme ran from 2023 through November 2025 and involved approximately $411,761.54 in diverted funds. Prosecutors say the money was used to pay personal bills, including a delinquent home mortgage and credit card debt. If the allegations are proven, this was not a paperwork mix-up or a missing receipt from the snack bar. This was a major hit to an organization built to help student athletes, coaches, and a local football program.

The former Treasurer for an Orange County high school football booster club was arrested by FBI Agents this morning in Aliso Viejo, assisted by the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Julie Hanway Molina, 56, was charged in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury with… pic.twitter.com/Eu6GWpBtUY

— FBI Los Angeles (@FBILosAngeles) September 10, 2026

False Reports Allegedly Hid the Missing Money

The indictment also alleges Molina concealed the payments by sending false treasurer reports to the nonprofit’s board members. That detail matters because booster clubs and school support nonprofits often rely on trust, volunteers, and parents trying to help kids succeed. When prosecutors say the person holding the checkbook was also the person allegedly sending false reports, it shows how quickly a trusted position can become a serious federal case. Molina has been charged with four counts of wire fraud. The Orange County Register reported she was expected to make an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana on Thursday.

Federal Charges Carry Serious Prison Exposure

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli stated that Molina was arrested on a federal indictment accusing her of defrauding the nonprofit out of approximately $411,761. He said she is accused of diverting money from the nonprofit’s bank account to pay her mortgage, credit card bills, and other personal expenses, while allegedly concealing the payments through false reports to the board. If convicted, Molina faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each wire fraud count. As always, an indictment is an accusation, and Molina is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. Still, for the families connected to that football program, the number alone is enough to make anyone check the books twice.

Julie Hanway Molina, 56, of Aliso Viejo, was arrested today on a federal indictment charging her with defrauding a nonprofit that supports an Orange County high school football team out of approximately $411,761.

Molina, the organization’s former treasurer, is accused of… https://t.co/2qU2ggHlls

— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) September 10, 2026

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