EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Seventeen people, all members of the same family, are suing an El Paso couple who they allege convinced them to invest thousands of dollars in a fraudulent house flipping business model.

Gabriel Perez, who is representing the family, said they all invested over $300,000 with the defendants, Daisy Ramirez and Luis Ramirez.

Irma Thome, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, alleged she specifically invested $10,000 with Daisy Ramirez, who she said promised her a 40 percent return on her investment within 55 days.

Thome said she was never paid within the time accorded by a signed contract.

“So we met her, and she explained how she and her husband were buying properties and flipping homes. And the husband, as a real estate agent, would sell them, and then we'll get t

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