For three years, federal investigators say, a Las Vegas woman ran one of the most disturbing romance schemes the FBI has encountered — one that blended catfishing, drugging, and identity theft into what one agent called "a romance scam on steroids." In a February 2025 bulletin, the FBI identified the suspect as Aurora Phelps, a 44-year-old dual U.S.-Mexico citizen who also went by the names Aurora Velasco, Aurora Flores, and Aurora Alvarez. Investigators said Phelps either me