Who is Laura Romina Delgado? 'The Family Chantel' alum Pedro Jimeno's rumored mistress was jailed over 4 years for tax scam
ATLANTA, GEORGIA: 'The Family Chantel' and '90 Day Fiance' alums Pedro and Chantel Jimeno recently parted their ways and filed for divorce. Ever since their separation, there have been talks about Pedro’s alleged affair with the real estate agent and his boss, Laura Romina Delgado. Well, this led to fans wondering who Delgado is. And, as per the recent findings she is a scammer who was also once sentenced to 51 months in prison. Keep reading to know more about her.
Delgado owns LD Realty Group. And, Pedro works at the same office. Pedro is too dedicated to his work, and his not having enough time for his now ex-wife played a major role in their separation. Chantel admitted in the show that she was jealous of her husband spending more time with his co-workers than her. ‘The Family Chantel’ fans believe that the real reason for the friction in Jimenos’ marriage was Pedro's involvement and alleged secret relationship with Delgado.
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Who is Laura Romina Delgado?
Delgado is a Gwinnett County woman who offers financial and legal aid to the people. She is mostly dedicated to the Hispanic community. However, she was convicted of filing false taxes later in her career. For the same, she was sentenced to four years and three months in jail. Pedro’s boss was charged with a tax scam of over $3.6M in fraudulent refunds. Hence, Lawrenceville native was ordered to pay $2M for restitution.
As per Patch, Delgado was summoned for false filing of approx 1,300 federal income tax from January 2013 to May 2014 while running Servicios Hispanos in Norcross. These returns were accused of being filed in the names of people who were not registered to work in the US. Delgado was charged with helping these people get tax IDs and file “false and misleading W-2” forms with returns. According to All About Tea, Special agent in charge of IRS (Internal Revenue Service) criminal investigation division, F Hyman-Pillot back then quoted, “The sole objective of Ms Delgado’s scheme was to unjustly enrich herself at the expense of the Internal Revenue Service.”
Are Pedro Jimeno and Laura Romina Delgado secretly dating?
With Pedro spending more time in the office instead of Chantel, rumors aired of him having an affair with Delgado’s niece Antonella Barrenechea Streuli. But after Pedro’s recent outing with Delgado and Antonella, fans wondered whether it's Antonella or Delgado that Pedro is actually dating. A fan took the photo of the trip to Reddit claiming, “I think it was or still is laura this whole time.” Another fan claimed, “he's with the aunt." Another speculated, “Antonella is the decoy: he's with the aunt!” Even though Chantel slammed Pedro for cheating on her but she never mentioned who with. Therefore, fans speculating Delgado to be the one is totally based on rumors.
You can catch up with the all drama of ‘The Family Chantel’ Season 4 on TLC.